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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
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Simple Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Example (id = "mbp")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="mbp"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : mbp</p> <p/> <p> <b> category</b> : <span> Vital Signs</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : <span> Mean blood pressure</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> Generated Summary: id: example; Medical record number: 12345 (USUAL); active; Peter James Chalmers (OFFICIAL), Jim , Peter James Windsor (MAIDEN); -unknown-(HOME), ph: (03) 5555 6473(WORK), ph: (03) 3410 5613(MOBILE), ph: (03) 5555 8834(OLD); gender: male; birthDate: 1974-12-25; </a> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 1999-07-02</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 80 mm[Hg]</p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> <category> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"/> <code value="vital-signs"/> <display value="Vital Signs"/> </coding> <text value="Vital Signs"/> </category> <code> <coding> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <code value="8478-0"/> <display value="Mean blood pressure"/> </coding> <text value="Mean blood pressure"/> </code> <subject> <reference value="Patient/example"/> </subject> <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> <valueQuantity> <value value="80"/> <unit value="mm[Hg]"/> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <code value="mm[Hg]"/> </valueQuantity> </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.