Hi Prasanna, Hemoglobin A1c is a measure of glycosylated hemoglobin, and is sometimes referred to as a glucohemoglobin measurement, so there's no mis-mapping in this example as the terms are clinical synonyms.
Do you have any other examples? Tim On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Bala Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have certain clarifications on classification of entities and UMLS CUI > mapping using cTakes. I tested with a clinical document that contains > different lab experiments. The entity types were classified properly but > the UMLS CUI is not mapping properly. For eg: The lab test "Hemoglobin A1c" > is correctly classified as procedure. But the UMLS code is mapped to > C0202054. When I check it in UMLS Metathesaurus browser, it returned > different concept "Glucohemoglobin measurement" mapped to the CUI code. I > am using umls 2011 ab dictionary. Can anyone suggest me how to improve the > accuracy for UMLS cui mapping ? > > Regards, > Prasanna >
