Preferred Name

is etiology for

Synonyms
Definitions

<b>Description:</b>An assertion that an act was the cause of another act.This is stronger and more specific than the support link. The source (cause) is typically an observation, but may be any act, while the target may be any act.<b>Examples:</b><p>* a growth of Staphylococcus aureus may be considered the cause of an abscess * contamination of the infusion bag was deemed to be the cause of the infection that the patient experienced * lack of staff on the shift was deemed to be a supporting factor (proximal factor) causing the patient safety incident where the patient fell out of bed because the bed-sides had not been put up which caused the night patient to fall out of bed</p>

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/HL7/C1562189

cui

C1562189

definition

Description:An assertion that an act was the cause of another act.This is stronger and more specific than the support link. The source (cause) is typically an observation, but may be any act, while the target may be any act.Examples:

* a growth of Staphylococcus aureus may be considered the cause of an abscess * contamination of the infusion bag was deemed to be the cause of the infection that the patient experienced * lack of staff on the shift was deemed to be a supporting factor (proximal factor) causing the patient safety incident where the patient fell out of bed because the bed-sides had not been put up which caused the night patient to fall out of bed

HL7 applies to

cause

HL7 code status

active

HL7 how applies

effect

HL7 internal Id

10332

HL7DC

true

HL7PL

true

notation

C1562189

prefLabel

is etiology for

tui

T078

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/HL7/C3858928

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