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NAME | RXNORM SIMPLE CONCEPT AND ATOM ATTRIBUTES |
DESCRIPTION | RxNorm is a standardized nomenclature for clinical drugs. RxNorm is Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). Some of the Metathesaurus fields are not provided by RxNorm and are marked as "(no value provided)". There is exactly one row in this table for each concept, atom, or relationship attribute that does not have a sub-element structure. Not all RxNorm concepts or RxNorm relationships have entries in this file. This file includes all source vocabulary attributes that do not fit into other categories. produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). In this context, a clinical drug is a pharmaceutical product given to (or taken by) a patient with a therapeutic or diagnostic intend. The name of the drug in RxNorm combines its ingredients, dosage strength, and form. The RxNorm Simple Concept and Atom Attributes file contains a subset of the data distributed by NLM in the RXNSAT.RRF file. This file follows the general format of the MRSAT.RRF file of the Metathesaurus in NLM's |