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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Ballot Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Blood Pressure Measurement
{ "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "blood-pressure", "meta": { "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns" ] }, "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<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>basedOn</b>: </p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Blood pressure systolic & diastolic <span>(Details : {LOINC code '85354-9' = 'Blood pressure panel with all children optional', given as 'Blood pressure panel with all children optional'})</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' = 'Right upper arm', 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' = 'Systolic blood pressure', given as 'Systolic blood pressure'}; {http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes code 'bp-s' = 'bp-s', given as 'Systolic Blood pressure'})</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 107 mmHg<span> (Details: UCUM code mm[Hg] = 'mmHg')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Normal <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078 code 'N' = 'Normal', given as 'normal'})</span></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 mmHg<span> (Details: UCUM code mm[Hg] = 'mmHg')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Below low normal <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078 code 'L' = 'Low', given as 'low'})</span></p></blockquote></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value": "urn:uuid:187e0c12-8dd2-67e2-99b2-bf273c878281" } ], "basedOn": [ { "identifier": { "system": "https://acme.org/identifiers", "value": "1234" } } ], "status": "final", "category": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category", "code": "vital-signs", "display": "Vital Signs" } ] } ], "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "85354-9", "display": "Blood pressure panel with all children optional" } ], "text": "Blood pressure systolic & diastolic" }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/example" }, "effectiveDateTime": "2012-09-17", "performer": [ { "reference": "Practitioner/example" } ], "interpretation": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078", "code": "L", "display": "low" } ], "text": "Below low normal" }, "bodySite": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "368209003", "display": "Right arm" } ] }, "component": [ { "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "8480-6", "display": "Systolic blood pressure" }, { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "271649006", "display": "Systolic blood pressure" }, { "system": "http://acme.org/devices/clinical-codes", "code": "bp-s", "display": "Systolic Blood pressure" } ] }, "valueQuantity": { "value": 107, "unit": "mmHg", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "mm[Hg]" }, "interpretation": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078", "code": "N", "display": "normal" } ], "text": "Normal" } }, { "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "8462-4", "display": "Diastolic blood pressure" } ] }, "valueQuantity": { "value": 60, "unit": "mmHg", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "mm[Hg]" }, "interpretation": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078", "code": "L", "display": "low" } ], "text": "Below low normal" } } ] }
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.