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Example Observation/vitals-panel (XML)

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

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

Simple Panel of Heart Rate, Repiratory Rate. Blood Pressure and Body Temperature (id = "vitals-panel")

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

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="vitals-panel"/> 
  <meta> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/> 
  </meta> 
  <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> 
  <category> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="85353-1"/> 
      <display value="Vital signs, weight, height, head circumference, oxygen saturation and BMI panel"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Vital signs Panel"/> 
  </category> 
  <code> 
    <!--   Deprecated LOINC -replaced  by 85353-1 for this profile
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <code value="8716-3"/>
      <display value="Vital signs"/>
    </coding>
  -->
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="85353-1"/> 
      <display value="Vital signs, weight, height, head circumference, oxygen saturation and BMI panel"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Vital signs Panel"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> 
  <hasMember> 
    <reference value="Observation/respiratory-rate"/> 
    <display value="Respiratory Rate"/> 
  </hasMember> 
  <hasMember> 
    <reference value="Observation/heart-rate"/> 
    <display value="Heart Rate"/> 
  </hasMember> 
  <hasMember> 
    <reference value="Observation/blood-pressure"/> 
    <display value="Blood Pressure"/> 
  </hasMember> 
  <hasMember> 
    <reference value="Observation/body-temperature"/> 
    <display value="Body Temperature"/> 
  </hasMember> 
</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.