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American Medical Association (AMA) Style Quick Guide

The purpose of this guide is to provide some basic rules for the American Medical Association Style.

Package Insert

Format:

Drug Name [package insert]. Place of Publication: Company; Year. 

Example:

Cialis [package insert]. Indianapolis, IN: Eli Lilly & Co; 2003.

Clinical Pharmacology

Overall System:

Clinical Pharmacology [database online]. Tampa, FL: Gold Standard, Inc.; 2014. URL: http://www.clinicalpharmacology.com. Accessed: date. 

Monograph:

Gold Standard, Inc. Metformin. Clinical Pharmacology [database online]. Available at: http://www.clinicalpharmacology.com. Accessed: July 10, 2014.

Micromedex

Entire System:

Micromedex® 2.0 (Healthcare Series), (electronic version). Truven Health Analytics, Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA. Available at: http://www.micromedexsolutions.com/. Accessed: July 10, 2014.

Particular System:

TOMES® System (electronic version). Truven Health Analytics, Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA. Available at: http://www.micromedexsolutions.com/ Accessed: July 10, 2014.

Particular Document:

Budesonide. In: DRUGDEX® System (electronic version). Truven Health Analytics, Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA. Available at: http://www.micromedexsolutions.com/  Accessed: July 10, 2014.

UpToDate

UpToDate entries are formatted like a book chapters with Ted Post as the editor according to the publisher.

Format:

Lastname First Initials. Topic Title. In: Editor Name, ed. UptoDate. Waltham, MA: UptoDate; 2015. http://www.uptodate.com. Accessed date. 

Example:

Marion DW. Diaphragmatic pacing. In: Post T, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UptoDate; 2015. http://www.uptodate.com. Accessed March 18, 2015.