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Nic Dobbins edited this page Oct 20, 2020
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Observations
are to some extent a "catch-all" for clinical measurements, laboratory results, scores, and other evaluative measure which do not fit neatly in to a standalone category. Observation
categories are:
- lab - e.g., "WBC" or "red blood cell count"
- vital - e.g., "BMI" or "height"
- measurement - e.g., a value measured by ECG
- social-habit - e.g., "alcoholic drinks" or "smoking"
- clinical-score - e.g., "Glasgow Coma score"
- survey-or-questionnaire - e.g., "personal health survey"
Same as the Observation-Name
.
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Duration - An Equality Comparison representing a duration of time that the
Observation
occurred. -
Eq-Comparison - An Equality Comparison in relation to the
Observation
. This is often a numeric value, operator, and unit, e.g., "> 40 kg". -
Location - The physical location the
Observation
occurred at. -
Minimum-Count - An Equality Comparison representing the minimum number of times an
Observation
event must occur, e.g., "... at least twice in the past year". -
Name - The
Observation-Name
, e.g., "hemoglobin", or "BMI". TheObservation-Name
also includes theObservation-Type
as an attribute (e.g., "lab", or "vital"). -
Polarity - The
Observation
Polarity. -
Provider - A Provider responsible for the
Observation
. -
Severity - The Severity of the
Observation
. -
Specimen - The
Observation-Specimen
, e.g., "tissue". -
Stage - An Equality Comparison indicating the stage or grade of an
Observation
. -
Temporality - An Equality Comparison representing the time period an
Observation
event occurred in.
Clinical Trials Gov Annotation Guidelines - June 2020 by Nic Dobbins (ndobb@uw.edu)
- Demographics & Family
- Biomedical
- Boolean, Negations, & Conjunctives
- Temporal & Numerical
- Other