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Example Observation/f004 (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
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Real-world patient - erythrocyte (id = "f004")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="f004"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <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 (use: 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> : 4 Apr 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/5.1.0/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> </text> <identifier>
<use value="official"/>
<system value="http://www.bmc.nl/zorgportal/identifiers/observations"/>
<value value="6326"/>
</identifier>
<status value="final"/>
<code>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="789-8"/>
<display value="Erythrocytes [#/volume] in Blood by Automated count"/>
</coding>
</code>
<subject>
<reference value="Patient/f001"/>
<display value="P. van de Heuvel"/>
</subject>
<effectiveDateTime value="2013-04-02T10:30:10+01:00"/>
<issued value="2013-04-03T15:30:10+01:00"/>
<performer>
<reference value="Practitioner/f005"/>
<display value="A. Langeveld"/>
</performer>
<valueQuantity>
<value value="4.12"/> <unit value="10^12/L"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="10*12/L"/>
</valueQuantity>
<interpretation>
<coding>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/>
<code value="L"/>
<display value="Low"/>
</coding>
</interpretation> <referenceRange>
<text value="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"/>
</referenceRange>
</Observation>
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of the specification.