Menu bar

Click on the menu bar to access important program functions and help.  Keyboard shortcuts are also available for the more frequently used functions.

File menu

New

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+N

Function: Clear all current patient data in order to create a new patient consult.

Print

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+P

Function: Print pk consult, monitoring form, and physician order.

Please note: until a dose and interval has been correctly entered, the Print options are disabled.

Edit Drug Models

Keyboard shortcut: (none)

Function: Edit the drug models used by Antibiotic Kinetics

Exit

Keyboard shortcut: (none)

Function: Exit the Antibiotic Kinetics program.

View menu

Graph

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+G

Function: View graph of current dosage regimen

Please note: until a dose and interval has been correctly entered, this function is disabled.

Other CrCl methods

Keyboard shortcut: none

Function: Select an alternate creatinine clearance calculation method.

Please note: until patient data has been correctly entered, this function is disabled.

PK / PD parameters

Keyboard shortcut: none

Function: View PK / PD parameters of current dosage regimen

Please note: until a dose and interval has been correctly entered, this function is disabled.

Targeted AUC dosing

Keyboard shortcut: (none)

Function: Determine dose based on a targeted 24-hr AUC.

Please note: until a model has been correctly calculated, this option is disabled.

Help menu

Contents

Keyboard shortcut: (none)

Please note: press the F1 key at any time to display a context-aware help topic.

Function: View the table of contents for this help file.

website FAQs

Keyboard shortcut: (none).

Function: Link to the Frequently Asked Questions page on the RxKinetics website.

Register

Keyboard shortcut: (none).

Function:  Enter user name serial number

web update

Keyboard shortcut: (none).

Function:  Check if a new version is available from the RxKinetics website.

About

Keyboard shortcut: (none).

Function: Displays program version and email link to the author.