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LHNCBC-2007-086
RxNav: An Integrated View on Drug Information
Zeng K, Bodenreider O, Kilbourne J, Nelson SJ
Proc AMIA Annu Symp; 2007:1202
RxNav is a browser for RxNorm, the NLM terminology of standard names and codes for clinical drugs. RxNav displays links from clinical drugs, both branded and generic, to their active ingredients, drug components and related brand names. The current dataset (July 3, 2007) comprises 5,620 ingredients, 11,622 brand names, 13,550 clinical drug components, 13,630 branded drug component, 17,995 clinical drugs, 14,242 branded drugs, 8,222 clinical drug forms, 11,195 branded drug forms and 141 dose forms. RxNorm is one of a suite of designated standards for use in U.S. Federal Government systems for the electronic exchange of clinical health information.
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