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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2015 Aug 28;58(Suppl):S128–S132. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.08.002

Table 1.

Examples of regular expressions used for matching test mentions and values.

Laboratory/Test Regular expression for mention Regular expression for value
Glucose (for Diabetes mellitus) (fasting)?(blood)?(glucose|\bGLU (−poc)?\b|\bBG\b|(blood)sugar(s)?| \bFS\b|\bBS\b|fingerstick|\bFG\b) (?<!/|\d)(\d\d\d?)(−\d\d\d)?(?!/|\d|\w)
Blood Pressure (for Hypertension) (?<!\w)((s)?BP[s]?|b/p|((blood| systolic)[ ]+pressure[s]?)| hypertensive)[:]?(?!\w) (?<!/|\d)(\d\d\d)/(\d\d\d?)(?!/\d|\d)