pnrobinson
commented
4 years ago +1 but Minor comment: radiography of the chest is not a 'therapeutic imaging procedure'
screening for travel related infection => This is probably a suboptimal term because it combines a procedure with a role/intention.
coronavinae infectious disease screening => Perhaps simply "infectious disease screening" is sufficient. I am worried that we will wind up with one term for each microbe. Alternatively, consultation with infectious disease physician?
LCCarmody
laurenechan
Looking to add some new terms regarding coronavirus diagnostic screenings and evaluations:
From a general perspective we may benefit from a term such as,
term: coronavinae infectious disease screening ( refers to MONDO_0005719) parent: disease screening definition: Screening for virus diseases caused by the coronavirus genus.
The following terms could be considered children of 'coronavinae infectious disease screening' or we may choose to put them under separate parents. I've suggested some options for both. Long and short, these are some pieces folks have been using for initial coronavirus diagnosis.
term: screening for travel related infection (open to other term name options here!) parent: coronavinae infectious disease screening OR disease screening definition: Evaluation of a patient's recent domestic or international travel history, often conducted alongside presentation of acute illness. Ref:https://www.doh.wa.gov/ForPublicHealthandHealthcareProviders/HealthcareProfessionsandFacilities/HealthcareAssociatedInfections/InfectionControlAssessmentandResponse/TravelrelatedInfectionScreening. (still looking for publications to help define this term better, many relate to screening asymptomatic individuals in the airports following travel)
term: radiography of the chest parent: 'therapeutic imaging procedure' (MAXO_0000005), but we likely need a broad radiography imaging procedure term there in general (see below) definition: Radiographic imaging of the chest. synonyms: chest x-ray, chest xray, chest radiography, chest radiograph xref: NCIT:C38103
term: radiography imaging procedure parent: therapeutic imaging procedure definition: Conventional radiography produces a single image of an object by measuring the attenuation of an x-ray beam passing through it. xref: NCIT:C38101 Ref: Wernick, M. N., Wirjadi, O., Chapman, D., Zhong, Z., Galatsanos, N. P., Yang, Y., ... & Muehleman, C. (2003). Multiple-image radiography. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 48(23), 3875.
For more of the diagnostic tools utilized for evaluating specimens:
Term: Real-time PCR specimen test. (not certain if 'test' is the most appropriate choice, what other options might we have?) Parent: clinical laboratory procedure Definition: A sensitive DNA analysis tool that can be used for genotyping, quantifying viral load, and gene copy number assays for specimens including whole blood, plasma, serum, and sputum. In RT-PCR, an RNA transcript is reverse transcribed into cDNA and amplified to qualitatively detect gene expression. Synonyms: quantitative PCR, qPCR, RT-PCR, real-time polymerase chain reaction xRefs: MMO:0000655, OBI_0000911 References: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-405914-6.00003-2 , https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802211-5.00009-6
I'll keep scoping around to see what other approaches folks are using.