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connective tissue disease
vr.tr.connective-tissue-disease · thing-q1779300
Let an agent explain connective tissue diseases in general terms and point to specialist care and patient organisations, without diagnosis or personal medical advice.
Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Urgent Serious symptoms.
Signs
Urgent signs.
Signs
Urgent signs.
- Are there severe symptoms such as chest pain, breathlessness or sudden weakness? boundary
- Which emergency service should be contacted? action
Diagnosis
Clinicians.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis limit.
- Is the user asking the agent to diagnose a condition? boundary
- How should they be referred to a clinician? action
Categories General information.
Types
Groups.
Types
Types.
- Which group of connective tissue disease is being discussed? definition
- Which reliable sources describe it? provenance
Genetics
Heritable disorders.
Genetics
Heritable disorders.
- Is the condition inherited, in general terms? provenance
- Is genetic counselling available? provenance
Care Services.
Specialists
Referral.
Specialists
Specialist care.
- Which specialist service manages this condition here? provenance
- How is a referral made? action
Treatments
Evidence.
Treatments
Treatments.
- Which treatments are recommended by clinical guidelines, in general terms? provenance
- Are unproven treatments being promoted? boundary
Living Support.
Organisations
Patient groups.
Organisations
Patient organisations.
- Which patient organisations support people with this condition? provenance
- What resources do they offer? provenance
Work
Adjustments.
Work
Work and school.
- What adjustments or rights apply at work or school? provenance
- Who can advise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Stromal tumor, lipomatous cancer, connective tissue neoplasm, Stromal tumor, benign, benign pleural mesothelioma, cartilage cancer, connective tissue benign neoplasm, mesenchymoma, hypothalamic neoplasm, pleural cancer, adult intracranial malignant hemangiopericytoma, Inverse Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
What it is Filled
A disease affecting connective tissues, which support and connect other tissues and organs, including autoimmune conditions such as lupus and systemic sclerosis, heritable disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos and Marfan syndromes, and tumours of connective tissue such as sarcomas.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain connective tissue diseases in general terms and point to specialist care and patient organisations, without diagnosis or personal medical advice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Affects supporting tissues
- Very diverse causes
- Often chronic
- Requires specialist assessment
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a connective tissue disease or rule one out for a specific person.
- Recommend starting, stopping or changing immunosuppressive or other treatment.
- Promote unproven cures to people with chronic autoimmune illness.
- Disclose a person's diagnosis to employers, insurers or others without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Any treatment decision, which belongs to the patient and their clinician.
May
- Explain connective tissue diseases in general terms from reliable medical sources.
- Help a patient keep a record of symptoms and appointments they choose to share.
Moral aspects Filled
- These diseases are often invisible and slow to diagnose, so patients are disbelieved or dismissed.
- Lupus and similar conditions affect women and some ethnic groups more, raising equity concerns in care.
Who is affected
- Patients
- Their families and carers
- Clinicians
Owners Filled
Steward
The patient, with the treating clinician; health records are held by the care provider.
Master systems
- Patient health records
- Disease registries
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q4116663 - registry parent class
- Q54943763 - registry parent class
related
- musculoskeletal disorder - category
- connective tissue - tissue
- rheumatology and genetics services - care
- systemic lupus erythematosus - example
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.connective-tissue-disease
- Wikidata: Q1779300 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779300)
- ICD-11: multiple codes across chapters classification
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Autoimmune, heritable and neoplastic groups
- Specialties such as rheumatology and genetics
- Many conditions need specialist diagnosis
- Signs vary widely, from joint and skin changes to internal organ involvement.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain categories in general terms
- find specialist services such as rheumatology
- find patient support organisations
- recognise when urgent care is needed
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents diagnosing conditions
- Delaying care for serious symptoms
- Unproven treatments
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical classification criteria
- Rare disease policies
Context of use required Filled
- A broad health category relevant to rheumatology, genetics and oncology.
- autoimmune connective tissue diseases
- heritable connective tissue disorders
- soft tissue and bone tumours
- mixed and overlap conditions
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1779300: connective tissue disease - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Connective tissue disease - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each disease be a separate entry?
- How should patient organisations be localised?
- How should alias lists be curated?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
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