Abstract
Adverse drug events and drug-drug interactions are a major concern in patient care. Although databases exist to provide information about drugs, they are not always up-to-date and complete (particularly regarding pharmacogenetics). We propose a methodology based on automatic summarization to identify drug information in Medline citations and present results to the user in a convenient form. We evaluate the method on a selection of citations discussing ten drugs ranging from the proton pump inhibitor lansoprazole to the vasoconstrictor sumatriptan. We suggest that automatic summarization can provide a valuable adjunct to curated drug databases in supporting quality patient care.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 254-258 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium |
State | Published - 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine