| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T232 |
0-28 |
Sentence |
denotes |
5.2 Epidemiological history |
| T233 |
29-342 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Shortly after the onset of the epidemic, The National Health Commission of China (Committee, 2020a; Organization, 2020a) initiated the Diagnosis and Treatment Program of COVID‐19‐associated pneumonia, following the guidelines provided by WHO on SARS and MERS (Azhar & EI‐Kafrawy, 2014; Organization, 2017, 2020b). |
| T234 |
343-542 |
Sentence |
denotes |
According to the newly formulated criteria, a “suspected case” is defined as a patient with epidemiological history, that is traveling and contact, and two clinical findings pertinent to the disease. |
| T235 |
543-701 |
Sentence |
denotes |
If, however, an epidemiological history is not confirmed, then the patient must present at least three clinical findings to be considered as a suspected case. |
| T236 |
702-883 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Based on the Trial, Fifth Edition (Committee, 2020b), pathologic findings indicative of viral pneumonia on chest CT scans provide enough evidence for clinical diagnosis of COVID‐19. |
| T237 |
884-1069 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Nonetheless, as of February 17, 2020, WHO does not approve of any diagnosis based solely on radiologic findings, without obtaining an RT‐PCR test from the patient (Organization, 2020c). |
| T238 |
1070-1265 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In the more recent revision of the Chinese Diagnosis and Treatment Program, 6th Edition, the term “clinical diagnosis” was removed and replaced with “etiological diagnosis” (Organization, 2020a). |
| T239 |
1266-1530 |
Sentence |
denotes |
According to the recent revision, it is imperative that an etiological diagnosis of COVID‐19 is made at first, which can then be complemented by a positive real‐time RT‐PCR assay for SARS‐CoV‐2, which is duly performed on the sputum or blood sample of the patient. |
| T240 |
1531-1701 |
Sentence |
denotes |
After the final diagnosis is made, confirmed patients are categorized into mild, moderate, severe, and critical types, based on the severity of disease (Zu et al., 2020). |
