Table 4 Event-related relations
From: Design of an extensive information representation scheme for clinical narratives
Relation | Definition | Involved entities |
|---|---|---|
Affects | Produces a direct effect on a process or function | Disorder → BiologicalProcess SignOrSymptom → BiologicalProcess MedicalProcedure → BiologicalProcess Chemicals_Drugs → BiologicalProcess |
Causes | Brings about a condition or an effect. Implied here is that an agent, such as a pharmacologic substance or an organism, has brought about the effect. This includes induces, effects, evokes and etiology | LivingBeings → Disorder LivingBeings → SignOrSymptom Chemicals_Drugs → Disorder Chemicals_Drugs → SignOrSymptom MedicalProcedure → Disorder MedicalProcedure → SignOrSymptom Disorder → Disorder SignOrSymptom → SignOrSymptom SignOrSymptom ⇔ Disorder |
Complicates | Causes to become more severe or complex or results in adverse effects | Disorder → Disorder Chemicals_Drugs → Disorder MedicalProcedure → Disorder SignOrSymptom → SignOrSymptom Chemicals_Drugs → SignOrSymptom MedicalProcedure → SignOrSymptom SignOrSymptom ⇔ Disorder |
Conducted | When a test is conducted to investigate a disorder and the outcome is unknown | MedicalProcedure → Disorder MedicalProcedure → SignOrSymptom |
Experiences | When a human is affected by an event (e.g. a disorder or a medical procedure). | Persons → Disorder Persons → SignOrSymptom Persons → MedicalProcedure Persons → Chemicals_Drugs Persons → BiologicalProcess Persons → Concept_Idea |
Interacts_with | Acts, functions, or operates together with | Chemicals_Drugs → Chemicals_Drugs |
Localization_of | The spatial or relative localization of an entity | Localization → Entity |
Location_of | The position, site, or region of an entity or the site of a process | Anatomy → Anatomy Anatomy → Disorder Anatomy → SignOrSymptom Anatomy → MedicalProcedure Anatomy → LivingBeings Hospital → MedicalProcedure |
Measure_of | The relation between a measurement value and an entity | Measurement → event entity |
Performs | A person conducts a procedure | Persons → MedicalProcedure |
Physically_ Related_to | Related by virtue of some physical attribute or characteristic | Concept_Idea → Anatomy Concept_Idea → Persons Concept_Idea → Disorder Concept_Idea → SignOrSymptom |
Prevents | Stops, hinders or eliminates an action or condition | Chemicals_Drugs → Disorder Chemicals_Drugs → SignOrSymptom MedicalProcedure → Disorder MedicalProcedure → SignOrSymptom Devices → Disorder Devices → SignOrSymptom |
Reveals | When a test is conducted and the outcome is known or leads to a diagnosis | MedicalProcedure → Disorder MedicalProcedure → SignOrSymptom SignOrSymptom → Disorder |
Treats | Applies a remedy with the object of effecting a cure or managing a condition | Chemicals_Drugs → Disorder Chemicals_Drugs → SignOrSymptom MedicalProcedure → Disorder MedicalProcedure → SignOrSymptom Devices → Disorder Devices → SignOrSymptom |
Used_for | When a device is used (e.g. to conduct a treatment or to administer a drug) | Devices → MedicalProcedure Devices → Chemicals_Drugs Devices → LivingBeings |