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gastrointestinal system disease
vr.tr.gastrointestinal-system-disease · thing-q2300099
Let an agent give general, non-diagnostic information about diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, flag warning symptoms, and route people to health professionals.
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
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Urgent Red flags first.
Red flags
Warning signs.
Red flags
Warning signs.
- Are there symptoms such as vomiting blood or black stools that need urgent care? boundary
- Who should be called? action
Persistent
See a doctor.
Persistent
Persistent symptoms.
- Should persistent symptoms be assessed by a doctor? boundary
- How soon? boundary
Care Diagnosis and treatment.
Tests
Investigations.
Tests
Investigations.
- Which tests might a clinician use? definition
- What do they involve? definition
Treatment
Options.
Treatment
Treatment.
- Which treatments do guidelines describe? provenance
- Who decides with the patient? boundary
Prevention Screening.
Screening
Programmes.
Screening
Screening.
- Is bowel or other screening available, and who is eligible? provenance
- How is it accessed? action
Lifestyle
Risk factors.
Lifestyle
Risk factors.
- Which risk factors do official sources list? provenance
- What guidance applies to alcohol and diet? provenance
Information Understanding.
Types
Conditions.
Types
Condition types.
- Which condition is meant? definition
- Which specific entry fits? action
Support
Patient groups.
Support
Patient support.
- Which patient organisations offer support? action
- Are they reputable? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- digestive system neoplasm, liver and intrahepatic bile duct neoplasm, oral cavity neoplasm, esophageal neoplasm, tongue neoplasm, lip neoplasm, benign neoplasm of oral cavity, intestinal polyposis, intestinal benign neoplasm, benign neoplasm of stomach, benign neoplasm of tongue, fundic gland polyposis
What it is Filled
A disease involving the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, such as reflux, ulcers, inflammatory bowel disease or cancers of the tract; diseases confined to accessory digestive organs such as the liver, gallbladder or pancreas fall outside this sense.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent give general, non-diagnostic information about diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, flag warning symptoms, and route people to health professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- These diseases involve the gastrointestinal tract.
- These diseases span a wide range of severity.
- Some of these diseases need urgent care.
- Screening exists for some cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a digestive disease or rule it out in place of a clinician.
- Recommend unproven diets or remedies as treatment.
- Disclose a person's digestive condition without consent.
- Advise stopping prescribed treatment.
Only with a human decision
- Any treatment decision for a patient requires a clinician.
May
- Give general information on gastrointestinal tract diseases and their warning signs.
- Urge a person with severe abdominal pain or bleeding to seek urgent care.
Moral aspects Filled
- Digestive diseases carry stigma and affect dignity, work and social life.
- Misinformation can delay diagnosis of serious disease such as cancer.
Who is affected
- Patients
- Carers and families
Owners Filled
Steward
The patient with their clinicians; public health bodies track it.
Master systems
- Cancer and disease registries
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q18557436 - registry parent class
related
- disease - category
- digestive system - organ system
- gastroenterologist - professional
- digestion - process
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.gastrointestinal-system-disease
- Wikidata: Q2300099 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2300099)
- ICD-11: chapter 13 diseases of the digestive system
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Conditions can be grouped by the affected part of the tract, such as the oesophagus, stomach or bowel.
- Tests such as endoscopy may be used.
- Cancers involving the gastrointestinal tract are included.
- Not visible externally; symptoms may include pain, bleeding, weight loss or changes in bowel habit.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- seek assessment for persistent symptoms
- join screening programmes such as bowel cancer screening
- follow dietary and treatment advice from clinicians
- get urgent care for red-flag symptoms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Ignoring red-flag symptoms
- Diagnosis by an agent
- Unproven remedies
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National screening programmes
- Clinical guidelines such as NICE and ESGE
Context of use required Filled
- A group of medical conditions diagnosed and treated by health professionals.
- oesophageal and gastric disease
- inflammatory bowel disease
- liver and biliary disease
- pancreatic disease
- digestive system cancers
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2300099: gastrointestinal system disease - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Gastrointestinal disease - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should conditions be separate entries?
- How should screening programmes be localised?
- How should red-flag lists be sourced?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
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