A medical study or trial related to this entity.

If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.

If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.

The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.

A medical guideline related to this entity.

A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.

A possible serious complication and/or serious side effect of this therapy. Serious adverse outcomes include those that are life-threatening; result in death, disability, or permanent damage; require hospitalization or prolong existing hospitalization; cause congenital anomalies or birth defects; or jeopardize the patient and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes in this definition.

A description of the procedure involved in setting up, using, and/or installing the device.

A description of the workup, testing, and other preparations required before implanting this device.

A description of the postoperative procedures, care, and/or followups for this device.

A factor that indicates use of this therapy for treatment and/or prevention of a condition, symptom, etc. For therapies such as drugs, indications can include both officially-approved indications as well as off-label uses. These can be distinguished by using the ApprovedIndication subtype of MedicalIndication.

A contraindication for this therapy.

A possible complication and/or side effect of this therapy. If it is known that an adverse outcome is serious (resulting in death, disability, or permanent damage; requiring hospitalization; or otherwise life-threatening or requiring immediate medical attention), tag it as a seriousAdverseOutcome instead.

The substage, e.g. 'a' for Stage IIIa.

The stage represented as a number, e.g. 3.

A medical test typically performed given this condition.

A more specific type of the condition, where applicable, for example 'Type 1 Diabetes', 'Type 2 Diabetes', or 'Gestational Diabetes' for Diabetes.

The stage of the condition, if applicable.

A sign or symptom of this condition. Signs are objective or physically observable manifestations of the medical condition while symptoms are the subjective experience of the medical condition.

A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition.

A modifiable or non-modifiable factor that increases the risk of a patient contracting this condition, e.g. age, coexisting condition.

A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination.

A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.

A possible unexpected and unfavorable evolution of a medical condition. Complications may include worsening of the signs or symptoms of the disease, extension of the condition to other organ systems, etc.