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Franklin IC-168 User Manual
Summary of IC-168
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Fold user’s manual handbook of adverse drug interactions r x the medical letter digital book f ic-168 electronic publishers for use with the franklin digital book system electronic publishers.
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1 read this license agreement before using the digital book. Your use of the digital book deems that you accept the terms of this license. If you do not agree with these terms, you may return this package with purchase receipt to the dealer from which you purchased the digital book and your purchase...
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2 contents introduction to the hadi ................................... 3 overview of operation ...................................... 5 installing the digital book ................................ 7 viewing a demonstration ................................. 9 selecting drugs ...........................
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3 this handbook offers a quick guide to possible adverse effects of drug interactions, with brief recommendations for precaution- ary measures. References are given to original reports that provide more complete discussions of each interaction. This book— lists adverse drug interactions, their mecha...
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4 introduction to the hadi local anesthetics, are not included here. Interactions useful in therapy, such as increased plasma concentration of penicillin with concurrent use of probenecid, are also not included. Common additive effects, such as occur with use of two antihypertensive agents or two ce...
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5 overview of operation what this hadi can do the medical letter ® handbook of adverse drug interactions is a powerful reference. Using this digital book, you can. . . • find brand name drugs, generic drugs, drug groups, and food groups, • correct drug name misspellings, • find foods that interact w...
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6 how this hadi works the handbook is easy to use. Here are the basics: highlight the hadi symbol and press enter . • at the main drug list, as you type, the drug type a drug name. Name is highlighted. Then press enter . • type another drug you see a message to name. Press enter . ✻ show interaction...
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7 before you can use this digital book, you must install it. Warning: if you install a digital book while the digital book system is on, information that you en- tered in other currently installed digital books may be erased. 1. Turn the digital book system off. 2. Install the digital book into a sl...
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8 7. Press enter . This is the main drug list, where you select drugs to find interactions. Installing the digital book ✓ resuming where you left off while using this digital book, you can turn off the digital book system at any time. When you turn the digital book system on again, the screen that y...
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9 before you start using this digital book, you may want to view a brief demonstration of its features and functionality. 1. Press menu at the main drug list. 2. Press to highlight demo. 3. Press enter to start the demonstration. 4. Press clear to stop the demonstration. Viewing a demonstration ✓ he...
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10 the main drug list contains brand and generic drugs, foods, as well as drug and food groups. You select an item from the main drug list by typing it, or scroll- ing to it, and then pressing enter . Usually you need to type only a few letters to highlight an item. Try this example. 1. Type meta at...
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11 selecting drugs ✓ using the direction keys you can use these keys to move up and down the main drug list, the query list, and other lists. To. . . Press. . . Scroll up and down or page up and down up or dn zoom to the top or * + or bottom of a list * hold while pressing the other key, or press an...
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12 correcting misspellings don’t worry if you misspell a word. The spell- correction mode automatically appears. Try this. 1. Type klorombusil at the main drug list. To exit spell-correction, press back repeatedly. 2. Press enter . Spell correction is done automatically. 3. Press to highlight a drug...
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13 ✓ finding letters in words if you are not sure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. Here are two examples. • type phen?Lbut?Zone and press enter . The correct spelling, phenylbutazone , appears. • type co...
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14 by highlighting a drug name on the main drug list and pressing spec , you can see its generic or brand names and any drug or food groups to which it belongs. In this example, we’ll find the brand names and drug group of penicillin g. 1. Type penicillin g at the main drug list. 2. Press spec . 3. ...
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15 5. Press to scroll down. 6. Press back twice to go back to the main drug list. Finding brands, generics, groups ✓ finding mao inhibitor interactions when you highlight a food name on the main drug list, pressing spec shows if that food interacts with mao inhibitors. Try this example. 1. Type avoc...
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16 you can find adverse interactions by selecting drugs from the main drug list and then pressing enter at ✻ show interactions ✻ . Here is where you can view a description of each interaction. Between many drugs you can select up to 20 drugs at time to find interac- tions between. In this example, w...
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17 4. Highlight the interaction you want to view, if needed. Note: you can return to the main drug list now by pressing back . 5. Press enter to select the highlighted interaction. This is an interaction description. The hand points to a comment or recommendation. 6. Press or dn to move down. To. . ...
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18 finding interactions ▼ for a single drug you can select a single drug from the main drug list and quickly find the drugs with which it interacts. In this example, we’ll find the interactions for heparin. 1. Type heparin at the main drug list. 2. Press enter . 3. Press l i s t to view your query l...
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19 finding interactions ✓ using the query list whenever you select a drug from the main drug list, it is saved in the query list. To view your queries, press l i s t . Once at the query list, you can use these keys. To. . . Press. . . Delete a highlighted item view the interactions between all the i...
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20 whenever you see a reference mark ( ✝ ) in an inter- action description, you can view its journal reference. 1. At an interaction description with a ✝ , hold and press to highlight the first ✝ showing on the screen. To highlight the last ✝ on the screen, hold and press . Notice that the ✝ is high...
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21 4. Hold and press dn repeatedly to view more references, if any. To view a previous reference, hold and press up . 5. Press back to go back to the description. Viewing references ✓ viewing complete drug names pressing ? * or spec at an interaction list, an interaction description, or a reference ...
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22 you can send drug names and other words from this digital book to other installed digital books. For ex- ample, you can look up a drug from this handbook in the washington manual digital book. 1. Highlight a word in this handbook. To. . . Press. . . Highlight a drug or or item in a list highlight...
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23 digital book system ® resetting the digital book system to reset the digital book system, hold clear while pressing on/off . Or press the recessed reset button on the back of the digital book system. (read its basic operating guide for details.) warning: resetting the digital book system may per-...
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24 replacing the batteries the dbs-1 and dbs-2 use four 3-volt, cr2032 lithi- um batteries. The dbs-2d uses four 1.5-volt, aa batteries. 1. Have new batteries ready. 2. Turn the digital book system off. 3. Slide the battery cover off the back. 4. Remove all the old batteries. 5. Place new batteries ...
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25 limited warranty (u.S. Only) franklin warrants to you that the digital book will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your digital book, franklin will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to ...
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26 model ic-168 • data: more than 1,320 interactions; over 2,900 references; 3,420 brand, drug, food, and group names; and mao inhibitor/food reactions. • alphanumeric searching. • a user query list holding up to 20 drug names. • spelling correction. • context-sensitive help messages. • size: 2-1/4”...
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27 function keys clears your queries and returns to the main drug list. Shows menus. No effect. No effect. Shows the current query list. Shows brands, generics, and groups. Exits the digital book. Gold key combinations + - types numbers. Sends a word to another book. + or zooms to the start or end o...
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28 key guide direction keys move the highlight left or right. Scroll through lists and text, or move the highlight up or down. Page up or down. Matchmaker ™ key at lists, shows the full menu item; at the main drug list, types a ? To stand for an unknown letter. At the main drug list, types an ✻ to f...
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29 other keys type letters. Erases a letter, backs up, deletes an entry, or turns off the highlight in interaction descriptions. Enters a request. In descriptions, highlights a word. Shows a help message. Turns unit on or off. Types punctuation. Shifts keys. Types a space. Back a key guide enter , -...
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30 index adverse interactions, for a single drug 18 arrows 11 asterisks, using 13 batteries precautions 24 replacing 24 clearing to the main drug list 8 your query list 19 comments 17 completing drug names 21 cross-references viewing 20 viewing the next or previous 21 deleting, drugs from query list...
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31 index highlighting drug names 22 words in articles & references 22 installing a digital book 7 interactions between many drugs 16 for a single drug 18 specifying 21 key guide 27 main drug list clearing to 8 using 10, 14 mao inhibitor interac- tions 15 matchmaker™ key 13, 28 misspellings, correct-...
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32 fcr -28508-00 p/n 7201747 rev a.
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Fold user’s manual handbook of adverse drug interactions r x the medical letter digital book f ic-168 electronic publishers for use with the franklin digital book system electronic publishers.