The iOSC3 System: Using Ontologies and SWRL Rules for Intelligent Supervision and Care of Patients with Acute Cardiac Disorders

Table 2

Main classes and properties contained in the C3O ontology.

Name	Type	Description
Decision	Class	A class that represents the different judgments made at the CICU to treat a patient.
Dose_modification	Class	Adjustment of the amount of drugs (infusion rate) that is being supplied to the patient.
Treatment_decision	Class	Choice about the treatment that is being administered to the patient.
Drug	Class	Substance used at the CICU to treat patients.
Amine	Class	Drug with vasoconstriction properties. Amines increase blood pressure, which raises organ perfusion pressure and preserves distribution of cardiac output to the organs. Examples: dobutamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline.
Vasodilator	Class	Drug that relax the smooth muscle in blood vessels, which causes the vessels to dilate and decreases blood pressure. Examples: nitroglycerine and nitroprusside.
Medical_device	Class	Equipment used at the CICU to monitor or treat patients. Examples: patient monitor and infusion pump.
Hemodynamic_condition	Class	State of health of the patient with respect to the situation of the forces the heart has to develop to circulate blood through the cardiovascular system.
Vital_sign	Class	Indicator of a patient's general physical condition. Examples: cardiac index, temperature, and mean arterial pressure.
atPump	Object property	A property which allows to represent the dose modification that has to be applied at a specific infusion pump (domain: dose_modification; range: infusion_pump).
hasValue	Datatype property	A property which represents the values and limits of the patient’s vital signs by means of its children: hasExactValue, hasLowerLimitValue, hasNormalValue, and hasUpperLimitValue.