2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

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Extension-medicationprescription-specialDosing.xml

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Special Dosing

Raw XML

<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.