Oral Route of Administration

Preferred Label : Oral Route of Administration;

NCIt synonyms : Per Os; Orally; PO; Oral Route of Drug administration;

NCIt related terms : Intraoral Route of Administration; Oral use; ORAL;

NCIt definition : The introduction of a substance to the mouth or into the gastrointestinal tract by the way of the mouth, usually for systemic action. It is the most common, convenient, and usually the safest and least expensive route of drug administration, but it uses the most complicated pathway to the tissues and bioavailability varies. The disadvantages of method are hepatic first pass metabolism and enzymatic degradation of the drug within the gastrointestinal tract. This prohibits oral administration of certain classes of drugs especially peptides and proteins.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Administration to or by way of the mouth. (FDA); EDQM-HC: Taking a medicinal product by means of swallowing.;

FDA table : Route of Administration (C-DRG-00301);

Codes from synonyms : 001; 20053000;

Details

Origin ID

C38288;

UMLS CUI

C1527415;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Oral [LOINC part]
- Oral (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Oral Route [ICNP localization]
- Orale [FMA entity]
- government publications as topic [MeSH Descriptor]
- postoperative period [MeSH Descriptor]
- waist circumference [MeSH Descriptor]
False automatic mappings
- At increased risk for activity intolerance (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for cognitive impairment (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for deficient fluid volume (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for deficient parenting (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for impaired skin integrity (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for infection (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for joint contracture (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for poisoning injury (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for suffocation (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for traumatic injury (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At increased risk for violence (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- At risk for imbalanced body temperature (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Mouth [FMA entity]
- Oral orifice [FMA entity]
- Oral problems [LOINC component]
- Oral problems - none of above [LOINC component]
- oral opening [Radlex concept]
- poisoning [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Oral (intended site) [SNOMED CT concept]
- administration, oral [MeSH Descriptor]
- oral [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Functional Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Oral [LOINC part]
- Oral route (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- oral route [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC CDASH Concomitant Medication Route of Administration Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC CDASH Exposure Route of Administration Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC CDASH Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Route of Administration Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- EDQM Health Care Terminology [NCIt concept]
- EDQM-HC Routes and Methods of Administration Terminology [NCIt concept]
- FDA Structured Product Labeling Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- HL Authorized Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- HL Total Dose Table [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Terminology [NCIt concept]
- SPL Drug Route of Administration Terminology [NCIt concept]

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