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Valueset-ucum-vitals-common.xml

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Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Value SetVital Signs Units

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

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ucum-vitals-common"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2020-08-20T17:41:31.970+10:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <ul> 
        <li> Include these codes as defined in 
          <a href="http://unitsofmeasure.org">
            <code> http://unitsofmeasure.org</code> 
          </a> 
          <table class="none">
            <tr> 
              <td style="white-space:nowrap">
                <b> Code</b> 
              </td> 
              <td> 
                <b> Display</b> 
              </td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> %</td> 
              <td> percent</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> cm</td> 
              <td> centimeter</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> [in_i]</td> 
              <td> inch (international)</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> kg</td> 
              <td> kilogram</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> g</td> 
              <td> gram</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> [lb_av]</td> 
              <td> pound (US and British)</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> Cel</td> 
              <td> degree Celsius</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> [degF]</td> 
              <td> degree Fahrenheit</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> mm[Hg]</td> 
              <td> millimeter of mercury</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> /min</td> 
              <td> per minute</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> kg/m2</td> 
              <td> kilogram / (meter ^ 2)</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> m2</td> 
              <td> square meter</td> 
              <td/>  
            </tr> 
          </table> 
        </li> 
      </ul> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-extensible">
    <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="oo"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ucum-vitals-common"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.955"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.5.0"/> 
  <name value="VitalSignsUnits"/> 
  <title value="Vital Signs Units"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2020-08-20T17:41:31+10:00"/> 
  <publisher value="FHIR Project"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Common UCUM units for recording Vital Signs"/> 
  <copyright value="UCUM is Copyright © 1999-2013 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and The UCUM Organization, Indianapolis,
   IN. All rights reserved. See http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac//wiki/TermsOfUse for details"/> 
  <compose> 
    <include> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="%"/> 
        <display value="percent"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="cm"/> 
        <display value="centimeter"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="[in_i]"/> 
        <display value="inch (international)"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="kg"/> 
        <display value="kilogram"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="g"/> 
        <display value="gram"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="[lb_av]"/> 
        <display value="pound (US and British)"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="Cel"/> 
        <display value="degree Celsius"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="[degF]"/> 
        <display value="degree Fahrenheit"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="mm[Hg]"/> 
        <display value="millimeter of mercury"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="/min"/> 
        <display value="per minute"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="kg/m2"/> 
        <display value="kilogram / (meter ^ 2)"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="m2"/> 
        <display value="square meter"/> 
      </concept> 
    </include> 
  </compose> 
</ValueSet> 

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.