Entity Defined Substance Administration

DescriptionA defined procedure that is an action of applying, introducing or otherwise giving medications or other substances to a subject or experimental unit.

For example:
Administration of methotrexate as part of chemotherapy.

Attributes
Dose FrequencyDose Frequency
Dose PeriodDose Period
Dose Regimen TxtDose Regimen Txt
Flow RtFlow Rt
Period Product Dose Total QtyPeriod Product Dose Total Qty
Product Dose QtyProduct Dose Qty
Route TypeRoute Type

Generalization
Generalization1Generalization1

Dependencies
 NONE

Reverse Dependencies
 

Attribute Details

 Dose Frequency
DescriptionSpecifies how often doses are administered. Used to capture multiple substance administrations in one act, rather than each time a patient swallows a pill, for example "The patient took med X 3 times a day for 10 days starting on June 9th".

For example:
BID
TID
QID
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Dose Period
DescriptionSpecifies the period during which the dose total is administered.

For example:
Daily
Course
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Dose Regimen Txt
DescriptionText description of the intended schedule for administering a substance.

For example:
2 weeks on, 2 weeks off

This represents the dosing calendar in a text format. This is a non-computational description that may need to be expanded as additional use cases arise.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Text Large [VARCHAR(1024)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Flow Rt
DescriptionA ratio specifying the speed with which the substance is introduced into the subject.

For example:
100 mL/h
1 g/d
40 mmol/h
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Rate [FLOAT(5)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Period Product Dose Total Qty
DescriptionTotal of all doses of this agent in a given period of time. The given period of time is defined in Dose Period. This is needed because the dose may not always be derivable, for example, if it is a string, and because it is often used as a cross-check on dose to ensure mistakes are not made in dosing subjects.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Quantity Integer [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Product Dose Qty
DescriptionThe quantity of a substance or medication to be administered.

For example:
5 mg
20 mg of drug per kg of subject weight
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Quantity Integer [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Route Type
DescriptionIdentifies the route of administration.

For example:
Apply Externally
Buccal
Dental
Intravenous
Oral
Intra-arterial
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse

Generalization Details

 Generalization1
SupertypeDefined Procedure
SubtypeDefined Substance Administration
Transform AsTABLE