Table w1 Taxonomy of generic questions
| Identification No | ||||||
| 1.1.1.1 | What is the incidence or prevalence of condition X? or Why is the incidence or prevalence changing? | |||||
| 1.2.1.1 | Is X a risk factor for Y? | |||||
| 1.3.1.1 | What is the usual course of disease or condition X? or What is the prognosis of disease or condition X? | |||||
| 2.1.1.1 | What is the cause of symptom X? | |||||
| 2.1.2.1 | What is the cause of physical finding X? | |||||
| 2.1.3.1 | What is the cause of test finding X? or How should I interpret test finding X? | |||||
| 2.1.4.1 | Could this patient have disease or condition X? or What does this patient have? | |||||
| 2.1.5.1 | Why were this patient's findings (or disease course) inconsistent with usual expectations? | |||||
| 2.2.1.1 | Is test X indicated in situation Y? or What test is indicated in situation Y? | |||||
| 2.2.2.1 | When (in terms of timing) should I do test X? | |||||
| 2.2.3.1 | How good is test X? or How good is test X in situation Y? | |||||
| 2.2.4.1 | What is the preparation for test X? | |||||
| 2.2.5.1 | What are the normal values for test X? | |||||
| 2.3.1.1 | What is the name of this body part? or What is the anatomy here? | |||||
| 2.3.2.1 | What is the name of that disease? | |||||
| 2.3.3.1 | What is the name of that test? | |||||
| 2.4.1.1 | What are the criteria for diagnosis of disease or condition X? or How do I diagnose condition X? | |||||
| 3.1.1.1 | What is the name of that drug that I'm trying to think of? | |||||
| 3.1.2.1 | What is the dose of drug X? | |||||
| 3.1.3.1 | What are the physical characteristics (dosage forms, tablet or liquid characteristics, container characteristics) of drug X? | |||||
| 3.1.4.1 | When (or how) should I start or stop drug X? | |||||
| 3.1.5.1 | Could finding Y be caused by drug X? or Does drug X cause finding Y? | |||||
| 3.1.5.2 | What dose of drug X would cause toxicity? | |||||
| 3.1.5.3 | What are the adverse effects of drug X? | |||||
| 3.1.5.4 | Is drug X safe to use in situation Y? | |||||
| 3.1.5.5 | Which drug has the fewest adverse effects? | |||||
| 3.1.6.1 | Is it OK to use drug X with drug Y? or Are there any interactions between drug X and drug (or food) Y? | |||||
| 3.1.7.1 | Is drug X indicated in situation Y? or Is any drug indicated in situation Y? | |||||
| 3.1.8.1 | Is drug X contraindicated in situation Y? | |||||
| 3.1.9.1 | What are the pharmacodynamics or absorption characteristics of drug X? | |||||
| 3.1.10.1 | What is the drug of choice for condition X or in situation Y? | |||||
| 3.1.11.1 | Does drug X work for condition Y? | |||||
| 3.1.12.1 | What drug can I use in situation Y, given third party rules Y? | |||||
| 3.1.12.2 | Is drug X cheaper than drug Y? | |||||
| 3.1.12.3 | What is the cost of drug X? | |||||
| 3.1.13.1 | What are the indications for getting a drug level or what time to draw or how often to draw? | |||||
| 3.1.14.1 | What is drug X? | |||||
| 3.1.15.1 | What is in drug X? or How much of component X is in drug Y? | |||||
| 3.2.1.1 | How do you do procedure X? | |||||
| 3.2.1.2 | What is the efficacy of procedure X? or Does procedure X work in situation Y? | |||||
| 3.2.2.1 | What are the principles behind therapy X? | |||||
| 3.2.3.1 | How should I treat finding or disease X? or Should I use treatment Y for condition X? | |||||
| 3.2.4.1 | Why did physician X treat the patient this way? or How do other physicians manage condition X? | |||||
| 4.1.1.1 | How should I manage disease or finding or situation X? (Not specifying diagnostic or therapeutic management) | |||||
| 4.2.1.1 | How aggressive or conservative should I be in situation X? | |||||
| 4.3.1.1 | How can I get the patient or family to comply with my recommendations or agree with my assessment? | |||||
| 4.4.1.1 | When do you refer is situation X? | |||||
| 4.5.1.1 | What patient education materials are available for situation X? | |||||
| 4.6.1.1 | Is there a support group or community group for condition X? | |||||
| 4.7.1.1 | How should I advise the patient or family in situation X? | |||||
| 4.8.1.1 | When (timing) should I do test X to monitor disease or condition Y? | |||||
| 5.1.1.1 | Should this kind of patient have screening test X? or What screening tests should this patient have? | |||||
| 5.1.2.1 | When (timing) or how often should screening test X be done? | |||||
| 5.1.3.1 | What is the efficacy of screening test X? | |||||
| 5.2.1.1 | Is situation X dangerous for health care workers? | |||||
| 5.3.1.1 | Should this kind of patient get prophylactic treatment X to prevent disease Y? or What prophylactic treatment should I give to prevent disease Y? | |||||
| 6.1.1.1 | Should I charge the patient in situation X? | |||||
| 6.2.1.1 | Is this situation a conflict of interest? | |||||
| 7.1.1.1 | What is the best way to discuss or approach discussion of difficult issue X? | |||||
| 8.1.1.1 | Why did the patient get disease or condition X? | |||||
| 8.2.1.1 | Can finding or disease agent X cause disease Y? or What are the causes of disease or condition Y? | |||||
| 8.3.1.1 | How does disease X cause finding Y? or Can disease X cause finding Y? | |||||
| 8.4.1.1 | Is disease or condition X hereditary? | |||||
| 9.1.1.1 | How do I convert from X units to Y units? | |||||
| 10.1.1.1 | How can I better teach this learner (resident, medical student)? | |||||
| 10.2.1.1 | I need to learn more about topic X. | |||||
| 10.3.1.1 | Where can I find information about topic X? | |||||
| 11.1.1.1 | Generic type varies, not a true clinical question, rather an expression of frustration or an unanswerable dilemma | |||||
| 12.1.1.1 | Generic type varies, unable to classify. | |||||