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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 Dec 24;51(1):150–157. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.10.012

Table 2.

Examples of Stable Topics, Labels, and Analysis Groups.

Groups Topic Labels Top 15 Probable Words
AAV Diagnosis AAV anca vasculitis rituximab renal skin prednisone ckd rituxan azathioprine wegener chest steroid chronic clear disease
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis anca wegener prednisone azathioprine rituxan clear granulomatosis normal month hypertension stable skin chest past allergy
Churg-Strauss Syndrome churg strauss stenosis asthma anca rituximab recurrent wegener cough syndrome steroid dose cell sputum treat

AAV Treatment AAV-Specific Treatment tablet anca rituximab prednisone cyclophosphamide steroid vasculitis positive skin chest start normal clear improve month
General Treatment* prednisone anca rheumatology gpa foot symptom rash swell joint vasculitis deny loss rituximab lab chest
General Treatment* prednisone swell wegener hand normal joint knee methotrexate esr anca month negative crp vasculitis

Articular, Cutaneous, and Neurologic Skin Lesion skin lesion area left rash cream dermatology scalp review include face exam apply cell discuss
Symptoms Foot Ulcer grant foot mcg lesion pyoderma premphase dpm refer left toe start gangrenosum ultram normal ditropan
Joint Issues left knee hip shoulder joint fracture spine ankle hand foot physical lumbar swell motion mild
Neurology Evaluation left normal head intact neurology weakness stroke headache brain nerve seizure exam hand sensation gait

Head and Neck Head and Neck sinus nasal ear left hear nose symptom normal
Involvement in AAV Manifestations sinusitis strep throat wegener granulomatosis rash pneumo

Pulmonary Involvement in AAV Pulmonary Findings chest left lobe lung nodule upper lower find pleural pulmonary small effusion impression opacity pneumonia
Pulmonary Symptoms pulmonary lung cough disease chest prednisone anca oxygen dyspnea fev interstitial fvc mild ild increase
Bronchiectasis* bronchiectasis culture hemoptysis specimen sputum name chest neg neb negative lobe pneumonia pulmonary stable result
Bronchiectasis* bronchiectasis neg pseudomonas sputum flare oral nasal mucoid chest neb hyperlipidemia inhaler disease sen stable smear

Kidney Involvement in AAV Glomerulonephritis* renal negative anca urine positive antibody anti igg vasculitis result cell normal protein disease hematuria
Glomerulonephritis* renal anca vasculitis prednisone cytoxan anemia disease steroid failure creatinine cyclophosphamide admission dose start rpgn
End Stage Renal Disease renal esrd fistula transplant left disease folic acid buhle unit catheter nephrocaps access stage hemodialysis
Renal Transplant transplant renal tacrolimus prograf donor post cellcept mycophenolate disease bid immunosuppression cmv negative risk rejection

Psychiatric disorders Psychiatric Disorders disorder anxiety problem mood depression report support feel axis assessment cocaine current deny think treatment

Complications of AAV Infections culture fever negative specimen antibiotic infection sputum infectious result blood admission vancomycin gram report cough
Diabetes unit insulin diabetes give blood lantus sugar dose time nph mellitus scale strip meal slide

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Topics with the same labels were merged for trend analysis

a limitation of the name lexicon is that it does not remove all names; Abbreviations: AAV: antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitides; anca: antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody; mcg: microgram, gpa: granulomatosis with polyangiitis, esr: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, crp: C-reactive protein, neb: nebulizer, fvc: forced vital capacity, fev: forced expiratory volume, mmhg: millimeters mercury, igg: Immunoglobulin-G, rpgn: rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, esrd: end stage renal disease, cmv: cytomegalovirus, dvt: deep vein thrombosis, ckd: chronic kidney disease