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2: 10-20, 1998. Redacted 2018.
PetTerms: a standardized nomenclature for companion
animal practice
Lund ME, Klausner
JS, Ellis LB, Whitney JR.
Departments of Small
Animal Clinical Sciences (Lund, Klausner) and
Clinical and Population Sciences (Whitney), 1365 Gortner
Avenue, College of Veterinary Medicine and Division of Health Computer
Sciences, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical School
(Ellis), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. USA
ABSTRACT
Lund ME, Klausner JS, Ellis LB, Whitney JR, PetTerms, a system of standardized
nomenclature for private companion animal practice. Onl
J Vet Res., 2:10-20, 1998. PetTerms, a system of
standardized nomenclature for private companion animal practice was developed
to facilitate the collection of epidemiologic data on dogs and cats seen in
private veterinary practice. The original list of terms was comprised of terms
from SNOCLIN and CONSULTANT. Further refinement of the list of terms was aided
by a practitioner advisory group, pre-test study, and feedback from veterinary
faculty using a modified Delphi technique. PetTerms
were matched to SNOMED International version 3.2 to enhance the ability of the PetTerms system to be used across institutions and practice
settings. PetTerms contains 1020 unique diagnostic
codes (plus 100 synonyms) and 272 unique location codes (plus 2 synonyms).
Almost 80% of the diagnosis terms and 92% of the topography terms from PetTerms matched directly to a single, appropriate SNOMED
International version 3.2 term and code. Use of standardized nomenclature
becomes critical as medicine embraces computerized medical record-keeping. An
accepted standard for nomenclature must be in place so that computerized
patient-based information systems can be built.
KEYWORDS: Standardized nomenclature; private
practice; informatics; medical records; epidemiology
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