MedicalTherapy
Any medical intervention designed to prevent, treat, and cure human diseases and medical conditions, including both curative and palliative therapies. Medical therapies are typically processes of care relying upon pharmacotherapy, behavioral therapy, supportive therapy (with fluid or nutrition for example), or detoxification (e.g. hemodialysis) aimed at improving or preventing a health condition.
Extends: TherapeuticProcedure
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| contraindication | Text, MedicalContraindication | A contraindication for this therapy. |
| duplicateTherapy | MedicalTherapy | A therapy that duplicates or overlaps this one. |
| seriousAdverseOutcome | MedicalEntity | A possible serious complication and/or serious side effect of this therapy. Serious adverse outcomes include those that are life-threatening; result in death, disability, or permanent damage; requi... |
[TherapeuticProcedure](https://schema.org.ai/TherapeuticProcedure) Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| adverseOutcome | MedicalEntity | A possible complication and/or side effect of this therapy. If it is known that an adverse outcome is serious (resulting in death, disability, or permanent damage; requiring hospitalization; or oth... |
| doseSchedule | DoseSchedule | A dosing schedule for the drug for a given population, either observed, recommended, or maximum dose based on the type used. |
| drug | Drug | Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure. |
[MedicalProcedure](https://schema.org.ai/MedicalProcedure) Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bodyLocation | Text | Location in the body of the anatomical structure. |
| followup | Text | Typical or recommended followup care after the procedure is performed. |
| howPerformed | Text | How the procedure is performed. |
| preparation | MedicalEntity, Text | Typical preparation that a patient must undergo before having the procedure performed. |
| procedureType | MedicalProcedureType | The type of procedure, for example Surgical, Noninvasive, or Percutaneous. |
| status | EventStatusType, MedicalStudyStatus, Text | The status of the study (enumerated). |
[MedicalEntity](https://schema.org.ai/MedicalEntity) Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | MedicalCode | A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc. |
| funding | Grant | A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo. |
| guideline | MedicalGuideline | A medical guideline related to this entity. |
| legalStatus | DrugLegalStatus, MedicalEnumeration, Text | The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply. |
| medicineSystem | MedicineSystem | The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc. |
| recognizingAuthority | Organization | If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine. |
| relevantSpecialty | MedicalSpecialty | If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant. |
| study | MedicalStudy | A medical study or trial related to this entity. |
[Thing](https://schema.org.ai/Thing) Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| additionalType | Text, URL | An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is... |
| alternateName | Text | An alias for the item. |
| description | Text, TextObject | A description of the item. |
| disambiguatingDescription | Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the descr... |
| identifier | URL, Text, PropertyValue | The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for re... |
| image | ImageObject, URL | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
| mainEntityOfPage | CreativeWork, URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. |
| name | Text | The name of the item. |
| potentialAction | Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. |
| sameAs | URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website. |
| subjectOf | Event, CreativeWork | A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing. |
| url | URL | URL of the item. |
Subtypes
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| OccupationalTherapy | A treatment of people with physical, emotional, or social problems, using purposeful activity to help them overcome or learn to deal with their problems. |
| PalliativeProcedure | A medical procedure intended primarily for palliative purposes, aimed at relieving the symptoms of an underlying health condition. |
| PhysicalTherapy | A process of progressive physical care and rehabilitation aimed at improving a health condition. |
| RadiationTherapy | A process of care using radiation aimed at improving a health condition. |