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Blood Pressure Measurement (id = "blood-pressure")
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="blood-pressure"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2014-01-30T22:35:23+11:00"/> </meta> <!-- EH Narrative created by build <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Sept 17, 2012: Systolic Blood pressure 107/60 mmHg (low)</div> </text> --> <text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: blood-pressure</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: urn:uuid:187e0c12-8dd2-67e2-99b2-bf273c878281</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Blood pressure systolic & diastolic <span>(Details : {LOINC code '55284-4' = 'Blood pressure systolic and diastolic', given as 'Blood pressure systolic & diastolic'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 17/09/2012</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a>Practitioner/example</a></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Below low normal <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078 code 'L' = 'Low', given as 'low'})</span></p><p><b>bodySite</b>: Right arm <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '368209003' = '368209003', given as 'Right arm'})</span></p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Systolic blood pressure <span>(Details : {LOINC code '8480-6' = 'Systolic blood pressure', given as 'Systolic blood pressure'}; {SNOMED CT code '271649006' = '271649006', given as 'Systolic blood pressure'}; {http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes code 'bp-s' = '??', given as 'Systolic Blood pressure'})</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 107 mm[Hg]</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Diastolic blood pressure <span>(Details : {LOINC code '8462-4' = 'Diastolic blood pressure', given as 'Diastolic blood pressure'})</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 60 mm[Hg]</p></blockquote></div></text><identifier> <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> <value value="urn:uuid:187e0c12-8dd2-67e2-99b2-bf273c878281"/> </identifier> <status value="final"/> <code> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="55284-4"/> <display value="Blood pressure systolic & diastolic"/> </coding> </code> <subject> <reference value="Patient/example"/> </subject> <effectiveDateTime value="2012-09-17"/> <performer> <reference value="Practitioner/example"/> </performer> <!-- an interpretation offered to the combination observation generally, it would only be appropriate to offer an interpretation of an observation that has no value if it has "COMP" (component) observations --> <interpretation> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078"/> <code value="L"/> <display value="low"/> </coding> <text value="Below low normal"/> </interpretation> <bodySite> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="368209003"/> <display value="Right arm"/> </coding> </bodySite> <component> <!-- Observations are often coded in multiple code systems. - LOINC provides a very specific code (though not more specific in this particular case) - snomed provides a clinically relevant code that is usually less granular than LOINC - the source system provides its own code, which may be less or more granular than LOINC --> <code> <!-- LOINC -code --> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="8480-6"/> <display value="Systolic blood pressure"/> </coding> <!-- SNOMED CT Codes --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="271649006"/> <display value="Systolic blood pressure"/> </coding> <!-- Also, a local code specific to the source system --> <coding> <system value="http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes"/> <code value="bp-s"/> <display value="Systolic Blood pressure"/> </coding> <!-- that shows the concept. The next two codes only have a LOINC code --> </code> <!-- no standard units used in this example --> <valueQuantity> <value value="107"/> <unit value="mm[Hg]"/> </valueQuantity> </component> <component> <code> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="8462-4"/> <display value="Diastolic blood pressure"/> </coding> </code> <!-- no formal units in this example --> <valueQuantity> <value value="60"/> <unit value="mm[Hg]"/> </valueQuantity> </component> </Observation>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.