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Special Dosing
{
"resourceType": "ExtensionDefinition",
"id": "medicationprescription-specialDosing",
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/medicationprescription-specialDosing",
"name": "Special Dosing",
"display": "specialDosing",
"publisher": "Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR WG",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "HL7"
}
]
}
],
"description": "This is the user-entered dose of this orderable item when it is based on patient parameters; e.g., either weight or body surface area. The dose in this field will be used to then calculate the doseRange field. This has a LowerLimit and UpperLimit to accommodate a sliding scale or dosage range. Most medication orders have just one ordered dose. In these cases, ONLY the LowerLimit is filled in.",
"status": "draft",
"date": "2015-02-17",
"contextType": "resource",
"context": [
"MedicationPrescription.dosageInstruction,MedicationDispense.dosageInstruction"
],
"element": [
{
"path": "Extension",
"short": "Special Dosing",
"definition": "This is the user-entered dose of this orderable item when it is based on patient parameters; e.g., either weight or body surface area. The dose in this field will be used to then calculate the doseRange field. This has a LowerLimit and UpperLimit to accommodate a sliding scale or dosage range. Most medication orders have just one ordered dose. In these cases, ONLY the LowerLimit is filled in.",
"min": 0,
"max": "1",
"type": [
{
"code": "Range"
},
{
"code": "Quantity"
}
]
}
]
}
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.