concept_find: Find SNOMED CT concepts

In ramses-antibiotics/snomedizer: R Interface to the SNOMED CT Terminology Server REST API

Find SNOMED CT concepts

Description

A wrapper function for api_concepts searching for a term or a list of concepts

Usage

concept_find(
  term = NULL,
  conceptIds = NULL,
  ecl = NULL,
  activeFilter = TRUE,
  encoding = "UTF-8",
  silent = FALSE,
  limit = snomedizer_options_get("limit"),
  ...
)

Arguments

term	a string containing search terms
conceptIds	a character vector of one or more SNOMED CT codes to search
ecl	a character expression constraint query (with full inference). Consult the Expression Constraint Language guide for more detail.
activeFilter	whether to restrict results to active concepts. Default is 'TRUE'. Consult the SNOMED glossary for more detail.
encoding	HTTP charset parameter to use (default is "UTF-8")
silent	whether to hide progress bar. Default is FALSE
limit	a positive integer for the maximum number of results to return. See snomedizer_options. The maximum limit on public endpoints is 10,000.
...	other optional arguments listed in api_operations, such as endpoint, branch or limit

Value

a data frame

Disclaimer

In order to use SNOMED CT, a licence is required which depends both on the country you are based in, and the purpose of your work. See details on snomedizer.

See Also

Other wrapper: concept_ancestors(), concept_descriptions(), release_version()

Examples

# Free text search
str(concept_find("asthma"))

# Retrieve multiple concepts
concept_find(conceptIds =  c("233604007", "68566005"))

# Use the SNOMED CT Expression Constraint Language
concept_find(
  ecl = paste(
    "<! 68566005 | Urinary tract infectious disease (disorder) |",
    "AND",
    "< 87628006 | Bacterial infectious disease (disorder) |"
    )
  )

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