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Table 3 Most important 15 words (including nonstandard English words) (ranked by importance) for ICD-9 codes “570”

From: EHR phenotyping via jointly embedding medical concepts and words into a unified vector space

ICD-9: 570 (Acute liver failure)

Word

Description

liver

An organ that produces biochemicals necessary for digestion

Renal

Relating to the kidneys

Hepatorenal

A life-threatening medical condition that consists of rapid deterioration in kidney

Crrt

CRRT is a dialysis modality used to treat critically ill, hospitalized patients

Vasopressin

A hormone synthesized

Shock

Shock liver is a condition defined as an acute liver injury

Failure

Liver failure can occur gradually

Levophed

Injection

Ascites

Ascites is the abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen

Oliguric

A urine output

Pigtail

Pigtail drainage is used for liver abscess

Transplant

liver transplant is a surgical procedure

Rifaximin

Antibiotic

Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver

Hepatic

Relating to the liver.