This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.4.0: DSTU 2 Draft). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
Special Dosing
<ExtensionDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="medicationprescription-specialDosing"/> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/medicationprescription-specialDosing"/> <name value="Special Dosing"/> <display value="specialDosing"/> <publisher value="Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR WG"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="HL7"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="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 value="draft"/> <date value="2015-02-17"/> <contextType value="resource"/> <context value="MedicationPrescription.dosageInstruction,MedicationDispense.dosageInstruction"/> <element> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="Special Dosing"/> <definition value="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 value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="Range"/> </type> <type> <code value="Quantity"/> </type> </element> </ExtensionDefinition>
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.