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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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Real-world patient - erythrocyte
{ "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "f004", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"f004\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource Observation "f004" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: <span title=\" urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.7 \">id: 6326 (OFFICIAL)</span></p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: Erythrocytes [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#789-8)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f001-pieter.html\">Patient/f001: P. van de Heuvel</a> "Pieter VAN DE HEUVEL"</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2013-04-02T10:30:10+01:00</p><p><b>issued</b>: 04/04/2013 1:30:10 AM</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f005-al.html\">Practitioner/f005: A. Langeveld</a> "Langeveld ANNE"</p><p><b>value</b>: 4.12 10^12/L<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code 10*12/L = '10*12/L')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Low <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#L)</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Text</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td> 12-14 y Male: 4.4 - 5.2 x 10^12/L ; 12-14 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8 x 10^12/L ; 15-17 y Male: 4.6 - 5.4 x 10^12/L ; 15-17 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8 x 10^12/L ; 18-64 y Male: 4.6 - 5.4 x 10^12/L ; 18-64 y Female: 4.0 - 4.8 x 10^12/L ; 65-74 y Male: 4.3 - 5.3 x 10^12/L ; 65-74 y Female: 4.1 - 4.9 x 10^12/L </td></tr></table></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "use": "official", "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/observations", "value": "6326" } ], "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "789-8", "display": "Erythrocytes [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/f001", "display": "P. van de Heuvel" }, "effectiveDateTime": "2013-04-02T10:30:10+01:00", "issued": "2013-04-03T15:30:10+01:00", "performer": [ { "reference": "Practitioner/f005", "display": "A. Langeveld" } ], "valueQuantity": { "value": 4.12, "unit": "10^12/L", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "10*12/L" }, "interpretation": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation", "code": "L", "display": "Low" } ] } ], "referenceRange": [ { "text": " 12-14 y Male: 4.4 - 5.2 x 10^12/L ; 12-14 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8 x 10^12/L ; 15-17 y Male: 4.6 - 5.4 x 10^12/L ; 15-17 y Female: 4.2 - 4.8 x 10^12/L ; 18-64 y Male: 4.6 - 5.4 x 10^12/L ; 18-64 y Female: 4.0 - 4.8 x 10^12/L ; 65-74 y Male: 4.3 - 5.3 x 10^12/L ; 65-74 y Female: 4.1 - 4.9 x 10^12/L " } ] }
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