Table 1 Medical concepts and their attributes

Disorder

Negation, Severity, Body location, etc.

Denied any [chest pain]_Disorder.

The disorder ‘chest pain’ has associated negation attribute “Denied” and body location attribute ‘chest’.

Medication

Dosage, Frequency, Mode, etc.

[insulin Lente]_Medication 12 units subcu q p.m.

The dosage attribute is ‘12 units’, the mode attribute is ‘subcu’ and the frequency attribute is ‘q p.m.’.

Lab Test

Lab value

[blood pressure]_LabTest 134/75

[URINE BLOOD]_LabTest - NEG

The ‘blood pressure’ has a numerical value ‘134/75’ and the ‘URINE BLOOD’ has a textual value ‘NEG’.