PEPID Connect Tutorial

Welcome to PEPID Connect, your mobile and web-based medical information resource. This tutorial will familiarize you with PEPID Connect's features and format for use online. After you log in, a list of icons will appear, indicating your current product subscription(s). Click an icon to begin using your selected product or suite, and be sure to read the disclaimer before continuing.

Getting Around PEPID Connect

PEPID Connect's interface consists of a search bar, menu bar and two panels that divide the screen.

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The search bar is the most effective way to get around PEPID Connect. You can search by:

By clicking on the drop-down menu to the right of the search bar, you can narrow results by "All" (default), "Medical Topics" or "Drug Topics." The alphabetical index is colorized for distinction between keywords.

Directly below the search bar is the menu bar. The menu bar contains buttons for the following tools:

Click on any of these buttons to go to the tool's page.

Now, on to the two panels that divide your screen. The left panel shows:

The main panel displays the contents of what you're viewing. It also shows the table of contents, as well as PEPID's medical, drug, lab and equation monographs.

Continuing Medical Education


To use Continuing Medical Education (CME) you must be subscribed to CME through PEPID and have a subscription to the Emergency Medicine Suite. You also need to have a login to ACEP eCME. A free ACEP account is required to redeem CME through ACEP. No account is required to redeem CME through AAEM.

PEPID CME is accredited by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine to offer AMA PRA Category 1™ credit with unlimited earning potential. Every time you use PEPID's evidence-based content, the topics you view are automatically marked for potential CME, saving you time and providing you with a convenient and trusted way to earn CME.



For more information on CME, please Click Here.

Favorites and Notes

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Favorites are used to bookmark topics you'd like to quickly access later, while notes allow you to annotate entries with your own information.

Favorites:

Personal notes:

Institutional notes:

Favorites automatically display in the left viewing pane. To open a list of all existing notes sorted alphabetically by note title, click "View Personal Notes" or "View Institutional Notes" on the PEPID Connect homepage.

Table of Contents

The "Table of Contents" is the main breakdown of all the information in your suite. Search for topics by organ system, specialty and more. This index appears for your suite in the right-hand panel.

Drug Interactions Checker

Drug Interaction Checker

PEPID's Drug Interactions Checker is a simple, effective way to screen for potential drug interactions within an entire drug regimen. Interactions are characterized as pharmacokinetic (PK), Pharmacodynamic (PD) or other. Each interactions is defined briefly within the Drug Interaction tool (left panel) while detailed interaction monographs can be viewed by clicking the "More Info" link to open within the right panel. To use this feature:

Interactions are listed by colored warning triangles in order of decreasing severity. The number within each triangle represents the severity of interaction, where "5" is considered life threatening.

Drug-Allergy Checker

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The Drug-Allergy Checker also screens for potential allergic reactions. To use this tool:

Potential allergy results will display in the buttom window under "Allergic Interactions." A stop sign indicates allergic reactions were found.

You can learn more about an interaction by clicking the drop-down arrows to the right of the detected interaction. You can also click "CLEAR" to remove all choices and begin again. If you would like to keep these drugs and Drug Interactions Checker results, toggle "AUTO CLEAR" to off. To clear your saved searches, toggle "AUTO CLEAR" to on.

Differential Diagnosis Generator (DDx)

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You can find a possible diagnosis with the DDx based on symptoms, examination findings or tests. To change your HPT filters [Symptoms (History), Signs (Physical Exam), Tests], check or uncheck the filter options at the top of the DDx screen.

To search for symptoms:

Understanding your results:

To find out more about a diagnosis, click the diagnosis text for more information. This content will appear in the middle column. You can then return to your DDx results by clicking the "Back" button on your browser.

ICD-10-CM Lookup (ICD Tool)

PEPID Connect - ICD10 tool

The ICD-10-CM Lookup tool allows you to search for an ICD-10 code for a diagnosis using keywords found in the title or discription of the ICD-10.


To search for ICD-10-CM lookup tool:

IV Compatibility Tool

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The IV Compatibility Tool provides IV compatibility info for drug pairs. This tool opens in the subsections menu, located on the left side of the screen. To use the IV Compatibility Tool:

To change your selections:

If you'd like to keep these drugs and results, toggle "AUTO CLEAR" to off.

Lab Manuals

The lab manual tool is an optional add-on to all PEPID Platinum products. It provides critical values and normal ranges for common lab tests and lists conditions and medications associated with atypical levels of measured factors. It also displays an alphabetical list of all of PEPID's laboratory monographs in the right-hand panel.

You can search for individual labs using the main search bar at the top of the screen.

Stedman's Dictionary of Terms

Stedman's Dictionary of Terms is organized alphabetically for single term lookup. To access the dictionary:

Pill Identification

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The pill identification tool allows you to access possible matches to a pill to those based on common identifiers. This tool has five fields to help you more accurately narrow your search:

Once you've made your selections to narrow your search, click to calculate your possible results. The maximum number of results the tool can display is 250.

You can move your cursor over the pill picture provided to enlarge it for detail. If a picture isn't available, a graphic representation is provided.

Other Navigation Features

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More Menu Dropdown
The right most item on the Navigation bar is the More Menu
Hover or click the More Menu to access:

Help & Quick Reference
Type "help" or "quick reference" in the main search bar to view the abbreviations list, illustrations index, glossary and more. To access the tutorial pages, type "tutorial" in the main search bar.

Medical Content Pages

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Medical content pages generally are arranged by background, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, disposition, prevention, patient education and/or nursing considerations (if in a nursing suite). Bold blue text indicates a link to more information, such as:

Subsections are displayed in the left viewing pane. You can also use the subtopic navigation menu to ease page navigation. If subsections become replaced with other content, such as a calculator, simply click "Show Subsections" to re-display.

Related Topics are links to broader topics related to the current page. These are located in the upper right-hand corner of the monograph.

Medical Calculator links can be clicked to open the specific calculator in the left viewing pane.

SS:S/S opens the Bayes' Theorem calculator. It uses specified sensitivity/specificity, which can be changed, if necessary.

Images are available for a wide variety of entries on PEPID Connect. You can click on any link that says "Image" to open the image in the center of your screen. You can also click and drag the image around on the screen and scroll down the entry with the image still open.

IV Drip Calculator opens a calculator for IV drip dosages. You can change the inputs in the left viewing panel.

Drug Content Pages

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To obtain detailed prescribing information for weight- or BSA-based doses, simply click on the linked/calculator dosages.

Browser Limitations

PEPID Connect requires at least Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer V8.

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