Template:Infobox medical condition/sandbox
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Use this template freely for any medical condition. Its use is not limited strictly to diseases. Please consider adding the {{Medical resources}} template at the same time.
Per the outcome of a 2013 Arbitration Committee on using infoboxes; consensus should be established on the article's talk page before adding this (or any other) infobox.
Usage summary
The template is a summary about the condition itself. Don't worry about trying to fill in all the fields—even if you can only get one or two, that can still be useful. Items are provided as a list with a typically maximum of six.
While editing a condition, copy and paste the following text at the top of the page: Template:Parameter names example
{{Infobox medical condition |name = |synonym = |image = |image_size = |image_thumbtime = |alt = |caption = |pronounce = |specialty = <!--from Wikidata; can be overwritten--> |symptoms = |complications = |onset = |duration = |types = |causes = |risks = |diagnosis = |differential = |prevention = |treatment = <!-- or |management = --> |medication = |prognosis = |frequency = |deaths = }}
The |treatment=
parameter may be replaced by |management=
. This will change the label to "Management".
TemplateData
TemplateData for Infobox medical condition
Infobox for medical conditions
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Name | name | Name of disease or medical condition (should be the same as the title of the article)
| String | required |
Synonym | synonym | Common terms for the illness or condition.
| String | optional |
Image | image | Image file (just the filename without File: or |thumb, etc.)
| File | suggested |
Alt | alt | Brief description of image for individuals who cannot see the image.
| String | suggested |
Caption | caption | Caption for the image.
| String | suggested |
Image_size | image_size | Size of image. (See MOS:IMAGE for help.)
| String | optional |
Image_thumbtime | image_thumbtime | Specifies time (seconds) of video to draw thumbnail image from
| Number | optional |
Pronounce | pronounce | no description | Unknown | optional |
Specialty | specialty | Main health specialties involved with diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.
| String | optional |
Symptoms | symptoms | Brief description of most common symptoms (or symptom clusters)
| String | optional |
Onset | onset | Typical or average age of onset (if known)
| String | optional |
Duration | duration | Average or median duration of illness or range (if known)
| String | optional |
Causes | causes | Cause of the disease (if known). Try to separate from risk factors, although some overlap is common.
| String | optional |
Risks | risks | Risk factors
| String | optional |
Diagnosis | diagnosis | How is the illness usually diagnosed? For example: Based on symptoms, medical imagine, genetic testing, blood tests, etc. | String | optional |
Differential | differential | Differential diagnosis (what other disease or conditions should be evaluated before concluding patient has the illness).
| String | optional |
Prevention | prevention | no description | Unknown | optional |
Treatment | treatment | Common treatments. May be replaced by 'management' as appropriate. | String | suggested |
Medication | medication | no description | Unknown | optional |
Prognosis | prognosis | no description | Unknown | optional |
Frequency | frequency | Incidence (rate of newly diagnosed cases of the disease during a specified period of time, e.g., one month or one year); Period prevalence (the actual number people with the disease during a specified period of time); Lifetime prevalence (the proportion of people who have had the disorder at some time in their life); Lifetime morbid risk (the proportion of people who will eventually develop the disorder at some time in their life whether or not they have a lifetime history at the time of assessment).
| String | optional |
Deaths | deaths | Number of deaths per unit of time. Specify the unit of time, such as per year. | String | optional |
Tracking category
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Infobox medical condition/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |