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Unique Aspects of Content |
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- The database is unique in that it provides
detailed information on alternative therapy when the drug of
choice cannot be given including drug allergy or intolerance,
immunocompromised host, pregnancy, etc.
- Expanded summaries on microbiology,
epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis, clinical manifestations and
pathogenesis complement the comprehensive sections on
antimicrobial therapy.
- Links are made to review articles in
pharmacology and in vitro/animal studies.
- State-of-the-art updates from clinical
peer-review journals are linked to individual topics.
- Historical vignettes giving anecdotes and
historical perspective of key discoveries in microbiology and
infectious diseases are included.
- Over 500 international authorities in
infectious diseases, epidemiology and pharmacology contributed
to this massive data base.
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Unique Aspects of
Software |
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The medical software is unique in that
it is not merely a book on a computer screen.
- Despite the
voluminous information, a sophisticated search mechanism finds
the most pertinent Hits and ranks them by relevance. The Smart Search giving relevant data is based on anticipation of the
questions of greatest urgency and importance to busy clinicians.
Its rapid rate of retrieval derives from an innovative
artificial intelligence approach that allows searches without
using keywords.
- The Guided
Medline Search feature allows instant retrieval of recent
articles pertinent to a specific clinical question.
- Features such
as pop-up boxes and scanning boxes showing abbreviated
information allow physicians and pharmacists to quickly find the
information most useful to them and then displaying it in a
readable format.
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