Table 5 Examples of concepts extracted from free text in EMRs with our approach using a dictionary to handle abbreviations (brackets indicate corrections including typos and abbreviations), using DBpedia Spotlight to recognize entities, and querying DBpedia to retrieve relevant medical concepts

French

prédom à gche - insuf vnse ou - pas signe de phlébite - - ne veut pas mettre de bas de contention et ne veut pas aumenter le lasilix... -

procédure FIV - - transfert embryon samedi dernière - a fait hyperstimulation ovarienne; rupture de - - asthénie, - - dleur abdo, doulleur à la palpation ++ - - voit gynéco la semaine prochaine pr controle betahcg, echo-

English (Translation)

predom[inates] on the l[e]ft, venous or , no evidence of phlebitis, does not want to wear compression stockings and does not want to increase the lasix

In vitro fertilization procedure, embryo transfer last Saturday, did ovarian hyperstimulation, rupture, asthenia abdominal [pain], [pain] on palpation ++, will see a gyneco[logist] next week [for] a beta HCG, echo check-up

Concepts

Cardiovascular disease, Organ failure

Neoplasm stubs