Enum: DrugRouteEnum

URI: valuesets:DrugRouteEnum

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
ORAL	NCIT:C38288
INTRAVENOUS	NCIT:C38276
INTRAMUSCULAR	NCIT:C28161
SUBCUTANEOUS	NCIT:C38299
TOPICAL	NCIT:C38304
INHALATION	NCIT:C38216
RECTAL	NCIT:C38295
INTRANASAL	NCIT:C38284
TRANSDERMAL	NCIT:C38305
SUBLINGUAL	NCIT:C38300
EPIDURAL	NCIT:C38243
INTRATHECAL	NCIT:C38277
OPHTHALMIC	NCIT:C38287
OTIC	NCIT:C38192

Slots

Name	Description
drug_route	The drug route classification

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: DrugRouteEnum
title: Routes of drug administration
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  ORAL:
    text: ORAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38288
    annotations:
      abbreviation:
        tag: abbreviation
        value: PO
      absorption:
        tag: absorption
        value: GI tract
    title: By mouth
    aliases:
    - Oral Route of Administration
  INTRAVENOUS:
    text: INTRAVENOUS
    meaning: NCIT:C38276
    annotations:
      abbreviation:
        tag: abbreviation
        value: IV
      onset:
        tag: onset
        value: immediate
    title: Into a vein
    aliases:
    - Intravenous Route of Administration
  INTRAMUSCULAR:
    text: INTRAMUSCULAR
    meaning: NCIT:C28161
    annotations:
      abbreviation:
        tag: abbreviation
        value: IM
      sites:
        tag: sites
        value: deltoid, gluteus, vastus lateralis
    title: Into muscle
    aliases:
    - Intramuscular Route of Administration
  SUBCUTANEOUS:
    text: SUBCUTANEOUS
    meaning: NCIT:C38299
    annotations:
      abbreviation:
        tag: abbreviation
        value: SC, SubQ
      absorption:
        tag: absorption
        value: slow
    title: Under the skin
    aliases:
    - Subcutaneous Route of Administration
  TOPICAL:
    text: TOPICAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38304
    annotations:
      forms:
        tag: forms
        value: cream, ointment, gel
    title: On the skin surface
    aliases:
    - Topical Route of Administration
  INHALATION:
    text: INHALATION
    meaning: NCIT:C38216
    annotations:
      devices:
        tag: devices
        value: inhaler, nebulizer
    title: By breathing in
    aliases:
    - Inhalation Route of Administration
  RECTAL:
    text: RECTAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38295
    annotations:
      forms:
        tag: forms
        value: suppository, enema
    title: Into the rectum
    aliases:
    - Rectal Route of Administration
  INTRANASAL:
    text: INTRANASAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38284
    annotations:
      forms:
        tag: forms
        value: spray, drops
    title: Into the nose
    aliases:
    - Nasal Route of Administration
  TRANSDERMAL:
    text: TRANSDERMAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38305
    annotations:
      forms:
        tag: forms
        value: patch
    title: Through the skin
    aliases:
    - Transdermal Route of Administration
  SUBLINGUAL:
    text: SUBLINGUAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38300
    annotations:
      absorption:
        tag: absorption
        value: rapid
    title: Under the tongue
    aliases:
    - Sublingual Route of Administration
  EPIDURAL:
    text: EPIDURAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38243
    annotations:
      use:
        tag: use
        value: anesthesia, analgesia
    title: Into epidural space
    aliases:
    - Intraepidermal Route of Administration
  INTRATHECAL:
    text: INTRATHECAL
    meaning: NCIT:C38277
    annotations:
      use:
        tag: use
        value: CNS drugs
    title: Into spinal fluid
    aliases:
    - Intraventricular Route of Administration
  OPHTHALMIC:
    text: OPHTHALMIC
    meaning: NCIT:C38287
    annotations:
      forms:
        tag: forms
        value: drops, ointment
    title: Into the eye
    aliases:
    - Ophthalmic Route of Administration
  OTIC:
    text: OTIC
    meaning: NCIT:C38192
    annotations:
      forms:
        tag: forms
        value: drops
    title: Into the ear
    aliases:
    - Auricular Route of Administration