MLP WEB PROCESSING

GRI Asthma Management

Checklist items from computer-analyzed discharge letter

Patient Document 007

see N Sager, M Lyman, C Bucknall, NT Nhan, LJ Tick.
Natural language processing and the representation of clinical data,
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 1-2: 142-160 (Mar-Apr 1994).

Checklist for Asthma Management:
(Christine Bucknall, MD, Glasgow Royal Infirmary)

Therapy Before Admission
Time since Asthma well-controlled
Admission
- a. Pulse
- b. Peak flow
- c. Abnormal findings
- d. Chest X-Ray
- e. Blood gases
Treatment given including oxygen
Discharge
- a. Peak flow rate
- b. Results of repeat blood gases, if done
Arrangements at Discharge:
- a. Prednisolone dose and duration
- b. Long-term Therapy
- c. Review Arrangements.

NYU Linguistic String Project (sager@cs.nyu.edu)