Friday, April 1, 2016

Enhancements to Lexicomp Online –Briggs Links, Beers Criteria, More!




Lexicomp Online Updates

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NEW: Briggs’ Pregnancy and Lactation Links in Natural Product Monographs
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ENHANCED: Beers Criteria Tables
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ENHANCED: ALS/PALS Calculators
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NEW: VisualDx® Redesigned User Interface

NEW: Briggs’ Pregnancy and Lactation Links in Natural Product Monographs

Thirty-one natural products monographs now have links to Briggs’ Pregnancy and Lactation content.

Briggs’ Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation is considered one of the foremost references regarding medication safety and appropriate use during pregnancy and breast-feeding.

ENHANCED: Beers Criteria Tables

Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use for Geriatrics is now presented differently to help make it more accessible and easier to use at the point of care. Table presentation of the latest Beers content is available in the charts and special topics section of Lexi-Drugs core drug information database. Beers content has also been updated in the patient safety field and in clinical practice guidelines section of Lexi-Drugs with direct links to Beers guidelines.


ENHANCED: ALS/PALS calculators

Adult and pediatric advanced life support (ALS) calculators have been updated to reflect the latest recommendations from the American Heart Association, published in fall 2015. Updates include concentration and volumes changes. Find the ALS and PALS calculators in the Calculators module, accessible from the blue tool bar on the top of every screen.

NEW: VisualDx® User Interface

Subscribers to VisualDx®, the image-based clinical decision support resource developed by Logical Images, will now access an enhanced user interface that makes images easier to view. Link to VisualDx drug eruption images from the Warnings & Precautions section of Lexi-Drugs core drug monographs, or search drug eruption content from the VisualDx Differential Builder, accessible from the blue tool bar at the top of every page of Lexicomp Online.




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