Lexi-Comp Provides Clinicians With Direct Links to PubMed

Lexi-Comp® ONLINE™ users can now access full text articles and other related materials

Hudson, Ohio (PRWEB) September 5, 2008 -- Lexi-Comp, Inc., a provider of clinical information to the healthcare industry, has added direct PubMed linking to Lexi-Comp ONLINE. Subscribers can now link directly to abstracts of the primary literature from the References field of monographs within this Web-based application. This enhancement allows clinicians to more quickly and effectively research information impacting patient care.

PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.

This linking is available within Lexi-Comp's core drug databases, Lexi-Drugs® and Pediatric Lexi-Drugs®.

Lexi-Drugs includes content that addresses all patient populations and covers clinical specialties such as cardiology, infectious disease, oncology, psychiatry, anesthesiology, and others. Monographs include up to 67 fields of information, such as Adverse Reactions, Drug Interactions, Contraindications, Dosing, Medication Safety Issues, Pharmacodynamics and Kinetics, and Special Alerts (including FDA boxed warnings).

Pediatric Lexi-Drugs® is designed for situations where pediatric dosing information is required and contains guidelines that have been researched and compiled by pediatric specialists. The database includes over 820 pediatric-sensitive drug monographs with detailed dosing guidelines for neonates, infants, and children.

In addition to these core drug databases, Lexi-Comp has added PubMed linking to databases that cover geriatric medications, infectious diseases, pharmacogenomics, lab and diagnostics, and natural products, all of which are accessible within Lexi-Comp ONLINE.

For more information on Lexi-Comp ONLINE, please call 1-800-837-5394 or visit http://www.lexi.com.

About Lexi-Comp

Lexi-Comp, Inc. provides clinical information solutions to the healthcare industry, publishing point-of-care content utilized in both in-patient and out-patient settings. These advanced resources help improve patient outcomes, medication safety, and workflow efficiency. Pharmacotherapy knowledge areas include drug information for adult, pediatric, and geriatric populations; medication interactions; laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures; pharmacogenomics; poisoning and toxicology; dentistry; infectious diseases; and patient education. Over 500,000 clinicians worldwide access Lexi-Comp's content via the Internet, mobile devices, and through integration with health information systems. An extensive library of print titles is also available. To learn more about Lexi-Comp's clinical information solutions, call 800.837.5394, 330.650.6506, or visit www.lexi.com.

Contact:

Heather Ciranna, Media Relations

Lexi-Comp, Inc.

800-837-5394

www.lexi.com

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