Release 5

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Example Observation/f202 (Turtle)

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

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Real-world patient - temperature

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix loinc: <https://loinc.org/rdf/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix sct: <http://snomed.info/id/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

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[a fhir:Observation ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:id [ fhir:v "f202"] ; # 
  fhir:text [
     fhir:status [ fhir:v "generated" ] ;
     fhir:div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name=\"f202\"> </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 &quot;f202&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"  Oral temperature was measured on April fourth  \">entered-in-error</span></p><p><b>category</b>: <span title=\"  category code is A code that classifies the general type of observation being made. This is used for searching, sorting and display purposes. \">Vital Signs <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html\">Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></span></p><p><b>code</b>: Temperature <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (acme.lab#BT &quot;Body temperature&quot;; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#8310-5 &quot;Body temperature&quot;; <a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#8331-1 &quot;Oral temperature&quot;; <a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#56342008 &quot;Temperature taking&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <span title=\"  No identifier could be provided to this observation  \"><a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> &quot;Roel&quot;</span></p><p><b>issued</b>: 4 Apr 2013, 11:27:00 pm</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f201-ab.html\">Practitioner/f201</a> &quot;Dokter Bronsig&quot;</p><p><b>value</b>: 39 degrees C<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code Cel = 'Cel')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: High <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>#H)</span></p><p><b>bodySite</b>: <span title=\"  In the meantime a new oral temperature is measured  &amp;#10;  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418963/  \">Oral cavity <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#74262004)</span></span></p><p><b>method</b>: Oral temperature taking <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#89003005)</span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>High</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span title=\"   0..* Provides guide for interpretation   \">38.2 degrees C</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  ] ; #    Oral temperature was measured on April fourth   
  fhir:status [ fhir:v "entered-in-error"] ; # 
  fhir:category ( [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "vital-signs" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Vital Signs" ]
     ] )
  ] ) ; #    category code is A code that classifies the general type of observation being made. This is used for searching, sorting and display purposes.  
  fhir:code [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://acme.lab"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "BT" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Body temperature" ]
     ] [
       a loinc:8310-5 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "8310-5" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Body temperature" ]
     ] [
       a loinc:8331-1 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "8331-1" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Oral temperature" ]
     ] [
       a sct:56342008 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "56342008" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Temperature taking" ]
     ] ) ; #    Kind of observation = Temperature   ,    local code here   
     fhir:text [ fhir:v "Temperature" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:subject [
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Patient/f201" ] ;
     fhir:display [ fhir:v "Roel" ]
  ] ; #    No identifier could be provided to this observation   
  fhir:issued [ fhir:v "2013-04-04T13:27:00+01:00"^^xsd:dateTime] ; # 
  fhir:performer ( [
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Practitioner/f201" ]
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:value [
     a fhir:Quantity ;
     fhir:value [ fhir:v "39"^^xsd:decimal ] ; #    Temperature=39 degrees Celsius   
     fhir:unit [ fhir:v "degrees C" ] ;
     fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://unitsofmeasure.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
     fhir:code [ fhir:v "Cel" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:interpretation ( [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "H" ]
     ] )
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:bodySite [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a sct:74262004 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "74262004" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Oral cavity" ]
     ] )
  ] ; #    In the meantime a new oral temperature is measured   ,    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418963/   
  fhir:method [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a sct:89003005 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "89003005" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Oral temperature taking" ]
     ] )
  ] ; # 
  fhir:referenceRange ( [
     fhir:high [
       fhir:value [ fhir:v "38.2"^^xsd:decimal ] ;
       fhir:unit [ fhir:v "degrees C" ]
     ] #     0..* Provides guide for interpretation    
  ] )] . # 

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