Temporal Connection

A Temporal Connection refers to a trigger span, such as "before" or "during", which signifies that two or more Events occurred within a chronological sequence. The types of Temporal Connections are:

• before
• during
• after
• encounter

Note that encounter refers to two events that take place in the same Encounter, though not necessarily simultaneously.

Trigger

A phrase such as before, after, or during, or of (if, for example, preceded by 'within 3 days of....).

Examples

_{Example of 'Temporal Connection' for intraocular surgery *before* presentation (of a condition or disease)}

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_{Example of 'Temporal Connection' for ECG *during* baseline evaluation}

Arguments

• Temporal-Connection-Type - The type of temporal connection. These can be:
  • before
  • during
  • after
  • encounter
• Arg1 - The first Event.
• Arg2 - The second Event (before, after, during, or in the same encounter as the first).