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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 with Details</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : f204</p> <p> <b> identifier</b> : 1304-03720-Creatinine</p> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> code</b> : Creatinine(Serum) <span> (Details : {https://intranet.aumc.nl/labtestcodes code '20005' = '20005', given as 'Creatinine(Serum )'})</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> Roel</a> </p> <p> <b> issued</b> : 04/04/2013 2:34:00 PM</p> <p> <b> performer</b> : <a> Luigi Maas</a> </p> <p> <b> value</b> : 122 umol/L<span> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258814008 = 'umol/L')</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Serum creatinine raised <span> (Details : {SNOMED CT code '166717003' = 'Serum creatinine raised', given as 'Serum creatinine raised'}; {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation code 'H' = 'High)</span> </p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table> <tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Low</b> </td> <td> <b> High</b> </td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> 64</td> <td> 104</td> <td> Normal Range <span> (Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning code 'normal' = 'Normal Range', given as 'Normal Range'})</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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