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Observation-example-respiratory-rate.xml

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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Simple Respiratory Rate Example (id = "respiratory-rate")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="respiratory-rate"/> 
  <meta> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : respiratory-rate</p> <p> <b> meta</b> : </p> <p/>  <p> <b> category</b> : <span> Vital Signs</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : <span> Respiratory rate</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> : 26 breaths/minute</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="9279-1"/> 
      <display value="Respiratory rate"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Respiratory rate"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="26"/> 
    <unit value="breaths/minute"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="/min"/> 
  </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.