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Table 3 The 25 most frequent terms only found in the false positive dataset and not in the true positive for each of the two text mining methods. If present in both methods, the counts are sorted on the frequencies in the I2E method, otherwise sorted for each method. Terms not present in dataset are marked with '-'

From: Implementation and comparison of two text mining methods with a standard pharmacovigilance method for signal detection of medication errors

Term

I2E

CPR

insulin syringes

718

516

woman

700

622

elevated

624

567

changes

613

492

prefilled

608

-

prefilled insulin

573

-

flexpen prefilled

545

-

elevated blood

545

495

elevated blood glucose

542

492

the woman

542

471

flexpen prefilled insulin

539

-

introduced

505

404

introduced to

500

397

was introduced

498

401

switched

497

533

was introduced to

494

395

prefilled insulin syringes

491

-

elevated blood glucose levels

489

447

who was introduced

488

399

who was introduced to

486

395

activity

463

-

flexpen prefilled insulin syringes

460

-

conventional

459

657

air

455

414

prior

439

390

while using

-

401

conventional insulin

-

389

man

-

385

prior to

-

375

a woman

-

369

woman reported

-

351

his blood

-

346