Our KNOWLEDGE AREAS
At Lexi-Comp, we understand that no two patients are alike and each patient presents individual challenges for optimizing therapy. These challenges require a wide range of information, delivered in variable depths for any practice setting.
Lexi-Comp’s text-based monographs encompass more than 50 fields of clinically-significant pharmacology detail, applicable to many areas of specialization. It is the impact our trusted content has on patient outcomes that brings value to our clients.
Lexi-Comp’s knowledge areas are:
Point-of-Care Pharmacology as it applies to:
- Adults
- Pediatrics
- Geriatrics
- Internal Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Oncology
- Mental Health
- Pharmacogenomics
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Core Pharmacology Content
Dosing:
- Population Specific Dosing organized by route and indication
- Pediatric Specific Dosing
- Dosage Adjustments: Renal and Hepatic as well as adjustments for specific toxicities and or other factors
- Links from within dosing to calculations
Warnings:
- Warnings related to disease and warnings related to drugs
- Clearly marked Boxed Warnings
- Updated on a daily basis
Adverse Reactions:
- Organized by frequency and body system
- Intended to provide solid representation of scope and the potential for a patient to experience
Specialty Fields
Interactions - Drug, Herbal, and Food:
- Predictive Evidence-Based Analysis
- Summary of interactions including a severity rating for quick analysis
- Ability to drill down to detailed patient management information
Indications/Use:
Access to AHFS content that includes:
- FDA Approved indications and Off-Labeled indications that have been well documented and generally accepted
- Detailed Evidence Based Off-Labeled indications
- Detailed discussion on comparative efficacy and role in therapy
- Fully referenced with access to 70,000 uniquely cited references and 500,000 references to the primary literature
I.V. Compatibility:
- Verify compatibility of intravenous products and solutions
- Y-Site administration information
Administration Information:
- I.V. Detail
- Y-Site Administration information
- Compatibility
- Monitoring Parameters
Medical Calculations:
- Adult and pediatric specific
- Infusions
- Conversions
- Built in parameters to prevent erroneous values
Drug Identification:
- Identify medications by imprint, form, color
- View full color images, NDC, manufacturer
Patient Education:
- Access Patient Handouts on diseases, conditions, and procedures (available in English and Spanish)
- Access Patient Handouts on medications (available in up to 18 languages)
Diseases and Conditions:
- Access to Harrison’s Practice
- Information on 600+ diseases and conditions
Lab & Diagnostic:
- Includes patient pre and post care information
- Description of test procedures
- Detailed interpretive Information
Poisoning and Toxicology:
- Addresses common symptoms as well as decontamination and treatment
- Includes: Signs/symptoms of acute overdose
- Toxicokinetics
- Antidotes and drug related toxicities
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