VitalSign

Vital signs are measures of various physiological functions in order to assess the most basic body functions.

Subclass of: MedicalSign

Properties from MedicalSign

Property Expected Type Description
identifyingExam PhysicalExam A physical examination that can identify this sign.
identifyingTest MedicalTest A diagnostic test that can identify this sign.

Properties from MedicalSignOrSymptom

Property Expected Type Description
possibleTreatment MedicalTherapy A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.

Properties from MedicalCondition

Property Expected Type Description
associatedAnatomy AnatomicalStructure, SuperficialAnatomy, AnatomicalSystem The anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity.
differentialDiagnosis DDxElement One of a set of differential diagnoses for the condition. Specifically, a closely-related or competing diagnosis typically considered later in the cognitive process whereby this medical condition is distinguished from others most likely responsible for a similar collection of signs and symptoms to reach the most parsimonious diagnosis or diagnoses in a patient.
drug Drug Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure.
epidemiology Text The characteristics of associated patients, such as age, gender, race etc.
expectedPrognosis Text The likely outcome in either the short term or long term of the medical condition.
naturalProgression Text The expected progression of the condition if it is not treated and allowed to progress naturally.
pathophysiology Text Changes in the normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that are associated with this activity or condition.
possibleComplication Text 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.
possibleTreatment MedicalTherapy A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
primaryPrevention MedicalTherapy A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination.
riskFactor MedicalRiskFactor A modifiable or non-modifiable factor that increases the risk of a patient contracting this condition, e.g. age, coexisting condition.
secondaryPrevention MedicalTherapy A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition.
signOrSymptom MedicalSignOrSymptom 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.
stage MedicalConditionStage The stage of the condition, if applicable.
status MedicalStudyStatus, Text, EventStatusType The status of the study (enumerated).
typicalTest MedicalTest A medical test typically performed given this condition.

Properties from MedicalEntity

Property Expected Type Description
code MedicalCode A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
funding Grant A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
guideline MedicalGuideline A medical guideline related to this entity.
legalStatus MedicalEnumeration, DrugLegalStatus, Text The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
medicineSystem MedicineSystem The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
recognizingAuthority Organization If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
relevantSpecialty MedicalSpecialty If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
study MedicalStudy A medical study or trial related to this entity.

Properties from Thing

Property Expected Type Description
additionalType Text, URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description TextObject, Text A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier PropertyValue, URL, Text The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image ImageObject, URL An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage URL, CreativeWork Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf CreativeWork, Event A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url URL URL of the item.