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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 - creatinine (id = "f204")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f204"/> <!-- The observation is complete --><!-- No reliability concerns --><text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="f204"> </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 "f204" </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : <span title=" The observation is complete &#10; No reliability concerns ">id: 1304-03720-Creatinine</span> </p> <p> <b> status</b> : <span title=" Creatinine was measured on April fourth ">final</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Creatinine(Serum) <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (labtestcodes#20005)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example-f201-roel.html">Patient/f201: Roel</a> "Roel"</p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 05/04/2013 12:34:00 AM</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a href="practitioner-example-f202-lm.html">Practitioner/f202: Luigi Maas</a> "Luigi Maas"</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 122 umol/L<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258814008 = 'umol/L')</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Serum creatinine raised <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/">SNOMED CT</a> #166717003; <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html">ObservationInterpretation</a> #H)</span> </p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Low</b> </td> <td> <b> High</b> </td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <span title=" Healthy creatinine level ranges from 64umol/L to 104umol/L ">64</span> </td> <td> 104</td> <td> Normal Range <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a> #normal)</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> <system value="https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues"/> <!-- Does not exist --><value value="1304-03720-Creatinine"/> </identifier> <!-- Creatinine was measured on April fourth --><status value="final"/> <code> <!-- Kind of observation = Serum Creatinine, Using only a local code in this example --><coding> <system value="https://intranet.aumc.nl/labtestcodes"/> <!-- Does not exist --><code value="20005"/> <display value="Creatinine(Serum)"/> </coding> </code> <subject> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </subject> <issued value="2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00"/> <performer> <reference value="Practitioner/f202"/> <display value="Luigi Maas"/> </performer> <valueQuantity> <!-- Creatinine=122mmol/L --><value value="122"/> <unit value="umol/L"/> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="258814008"/> </valueQuantity> <interpretation> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="166717003"/> <display value="Serum creatinine raised"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> <code value="H"/> </coding> </interpretation> <referenceRange> <!-- Healthy creatinine level ranges from 64umol/L to 104umol/L --><low> <value value="64"/> </low> <high> <value value="104"/> </high> <type> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"/> <code value="normal"/> <display value="Normal Range"/> </coding> </type> </referenceRange> </Observation>
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