"...A physician or nurse making rounds can locate and page through a
200-page reference book that lists the possible adverse events that may
occur to patients in a clinical trial, or can instead keep all the same
information in their pocket, in a 4-ounce iPhone. For many in
healthcare, that’s an easy choice.The classifications of adverse
events originated in the National Cancer Institute as a way to help
standardize record-keeping of side effects occurring in patients
enrolled in clinical trials. Printed out, the Institute’s Common
Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) is a 200-page handbook
in its most recent edition, version 4.0..cont'd
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