PRESENT ILLNESS PROGRAM

Domain	Definition
Computing	Expert system(ES)which assists physicians by taking the history of the present illness of a patient with edema. The system interweaves the processes of information gathering and diagnosis, alternating between asking questions to gain new information and integrating this new information into a developing picture of the patient. Knowledge contained in PIP includes prototypical findings such as signs, symptoms, laboratory data, the time course of the given illness, and rules for judging how closely a given patient matches a hypothesized disease or state. Knowledge in PIP is represented using frames. PIP is implemented in CONNIVER. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "PRESENT ILLNESS PROGRAM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		PIP. (various references)

Finnish		PIP-järjestelmä. (various references)

French		PIP (Priority Information Programme, procedural interrupt positive, Productivity Initiative Programme, Public Investment Programme). (various references)

German		PIP (pip). (various references)

Italian		Pip (Priority Information Programme, procedural interrupt positive). (various references)

Pig Latin		esentpray illnessay ogrampray

Swedish		PIP (beak, beep, bleep, cheep, chirp, lip, peep, snout, spout, squeak, tweet, whistle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Specialty Definition: PRESENT ILLNESS PROGRAM