Situation with Explicit Context
Concepts that include context information; a subtype of the situation to which it applies, with an attribute associating it with the relevant clinical finding or procedure
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Variable meanings according to context
Depending on context, concepts can be used in many different ways with various meanings.
A disorder concept can represent:
Possible diagnosis or part of a differential diagnosis
Diagnosis applied to a family member or some other contact person
Diagnosis explicitly excluded
Diagnosis, now known to be incorrect, but which was the basis for a particular course of treatment
Absent feature of a related disorder
Diagnosis that the patient believes or fears they have
A procedure concept can represent:
Requested, recommended or planned procedure
Procedure for which consent has been given or withheld
Procedure that is contraindicated
Procedure that has been canceled or postponed
Procedure for which follow up is now being arranged
Procedure which caused a complication
A symptom concept can represent:
Confirmed absence of a symptom
Symptom deduced and reported by a third party as a witness of a clinical event
Inability or failure to obtain information about a symptom
Symptom which the patient is advised to respond to in a particular manner
A finding concept can represent:
Absence of a finding
Inability or failure to check for a finding
Finding which, if present, is to trigger a particular change in clinical management
Finding which is the goal or target of a treatment
A product concept can represent:
Allergy or other contraindication to a product
Assertion that a product caused a particular side effect
Various therapeutic activities of a product
Instructions given to a patient for use of a non-prescription medication
Clinical authorization of a prescription
Issuing of a prescription for a course of treatment
Supply (dispensing) of a specified quantity of a product
Administration of a single dose of a product
Change of a product dosage
Discontinuation of a product
Specialist's recommendation to use a particular product, if certain circumstances apply
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