Semantic Difficulties For Non-healthcare Professionals While Searching For Information
Unfortunately for non-healthcare professionals, healthcare professionals can use many different words for pulmonary toxicity and still understand each other completely. Yet, for laypersons, this can lead to some difficulties while searching for information about pulmonary toxicity (or about any other side effect). Here are some words that are rather similar to each other in meaning for healthcare professionals. Side effect = adverse event (AE) = adverse drug reaction (ADR) = adverse reaction = toxicity. Pulmonary = lung. Pulmonary toxicity = pulmonary injury = lung injury = lung toxicity. And instead of pulmonary toxicity (a general term), the specific name of the specific side effect in question can be used, e.g. pneumonitis or radiation pneumonitis. Any combination is also possible, of course.
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