AAEP Diagnostic Terms:

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• AAEP Diagnostic Terms
• An Equine Subset of SNOMED-CT

Suzanne Santamaria, DVM, MS Nathaniel White, DVM,
MS, DACVS Jeff Wilcke, DVM, MS DACVCP
http//www.freewebs.com/silvermeadowsim/
AVMA Convention, August 6, 2012
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In attempting to arrive at the truth, I
applied everywhere for information, but in
scarcely an instance have I been able to obtain
hospital records fit for any purposes of
comparison. Florence Nightingale
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AAEPs Goal
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Important Health/Economic Questions
http//mippi.ornl.gov/areas/bioinfo.shtmlpubs
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Standards Enable Comparison
nasa.gov
globalrph.com
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Record and Aggregate

• How many cases of
• upper respiratory disease
• did I see in the past month?

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Google Search-Like Interface
Google.com
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SNOMED Power Compact Size

• Query power
• Synonyms
• International
• British English
• Spanish et al
• Data sharing
• Vet med standard

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Tailored to Equine Practice
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Concept Preferred (subset) Description Acceptable (subset) Description
Abdominal pain (finding) Colic Abdominal pain
Abortion associated with Equine arteritis virus infection (disorder) Abortion associated with Equine viral arteritis Abortion associated with Equine arteritis virus infection
Infection of bursa of distal sesamoid bone of equine limb (disorder) Infection of navicular bursa
Volvulus of large colon (disorder) Volvulus of large colon Volvulus of large intestine
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AAEP Subset on VTSL Website
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AAEP Subset on VTSL Website
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Lessons Learned from AAHA Subset
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Implementation and Improvement
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Acknowledgements
Funded by a grant from the AAEP Foundation
AAEP Members Dr. Martin Furr Dr. Nathaniel
White Assistance with developing subset content
VTSL Members Dr. Gareth Moore Dr. Julie
Green Dr. Suzanne Santamaria Dr. Jeff Wilcke Help
develop subset
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Additional SNOMED Users
American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) US
Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Services Veterinary Services
(USDA-APHIS-VS) US Food and Drug Administration
Center for Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Medical
Databases (VMDB) Virginia Department of
Health Zoological Information Management System
(ZIMS)
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Resources

• To obtain the subset, contact Dr. Jeff Wilcke at
  jwilcke_at_vt.edu
• View subset and education materials at
  http//vtsl.vetmed.vt.edu/aaep/