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Figure 5 | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Figure 5

From: An iconic language for the graphical representation of medical concepts

Figure 5

The pattern used for VCM sentences, and two examples of sentences. The first example means "if patient suffers from some cardiac diseases, then this drug is contraindicated (Contraindicated for some cardiac diseases)". The second means "if the patient is aged, then the physician should prescribe biological tests to monitor renal disease risks (For elderly patients, creatinine clearance tests should be prescribed)".

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