Set your Windows short date style
All dates must be entered with 4 digit years to ensure Y2K compliance. If you experience problems entering dates, check the Short Date style setting in Windows:

• Open Control Panel
• If Windows 3.1 select International settings
• If Win 95/98/NT select Regional settings
• Select Short Date style with 4 digit year:
  M/d/yyyy (US), or d/M/yyyy (British)

Check your system clock
The patient's date of birth is used to calculate the patient's age, therefore, you must ensure that your system clock is correct or the patient age calculation will not be correct.

Set your program preferences
Before you use the program, check the default parameters by viewing the Setup window. To start setup, click on the File drop down menu and click Setup, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S.

Database conversion
If you are upgrading from the DOS version of Kinetics, you should first convert your DOS database. Click on the Database conversion utility icon to convert your old patient and report data into a format which can be used by Kinetics for Windows.

How to create a consult
The basic steps to create a dosing consult are:

1. Enter patient data
   New patient: click the plus button on the database bar to create a new blank patient data file then enter the patient demographics.
   Retrieve patient: click the binoculars button on the database bar then enter the patient's last name in the Find window.
2. Choose the drug you want to dose from the drug selection box by either scrolling through the drop down list or typing in the drug name.
3. Click on either the Prospective dosing or Serum level analysis tab.
4. If the Serum level analysis tab was selected, enter the serum level data and current dose.
5. Enter a recommended dose and interval.
6. Click on the Pharmaceutical care plan tab then enter your name.
7. Click on the printer icon on the toolbar or select Print consult from the drop down menu tree to create a hard copy and to save the consult to the report database.

Getting Help
Context-sensitive help is available at any time in the program simply by pressing the F1 Key.

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