title: A data dictionary approach to multilingual documentation and decision support for the diagnosis of acute abdominal pain. (COPERNICUS 555, an European concerted action).
abstract: This paper describes the design and development of a multilingual documentation and decision support system for the diagnosis of acute abdominal pain. The work was performed within a multi-national COPERNICUS European concerted action dealing with information technology for quality assurance in acute abdominal pain in Europe (EURO-AAP, 555). The software engineering was based on object-oriented analysis design and programming. The program cover three modules: a data dictionary, a documentation program and a knowledge based system. National versions of the software were provided and introduced into 16 centers from Central and Eastern Europe. A prospective data collection was performed in which 4020 patients were recruited. The software design has been proven to be very efficient and useful for the development of multilingual software.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Trauma Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany. ohmannch@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohmann
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Eich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sippel
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D019303:Multilingualism; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled