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Example Observation/satO2 (XML)
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Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile) (id = "satO2")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="satO2"/>
<meta>
<profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/>
</meta>
<text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="satO2"> </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 "satO2" </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="vitalsigns.html">Vital Signs Profile</a> </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: o1223435-10</p> <p> <b> partOf</b> : <a href="procedure-example-ob.html">Procedure/ob</a> </p> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> category</b> : 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> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #2708-6; <a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #59408-5 "Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry"; <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-mdc.html">ISO 11073-10101 Health informatics - Point-of-care</a> #150456 "MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2")</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example.html">Patient/example</a> "Peter CHALMERS"</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 95 %<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Normal (applies to non-numeric results) <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> #N "Normal")</span> </p> <p> <b> device</b> : <a href="devicemetric-example.html">DeviceMetric/example</a> </p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Low</b> </td> <td> <b> High</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> 90 %<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span> </td> <td> 99 %<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier>
<system value="http://goodcare.org/observation/id"/>
<value value="o1223435-10"/>
</identifier>
<partOf>
<reference value="Procedure/ob"/>
</partOf>
<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>
<code>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="2708-6"/>
<display value="Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood"/>
</coding>
<coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="59408-5"/>
<display value="Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry"/>
</coding>
<coding>
<system value="urn:iso:std:iso:11073:10101"/>
<code value="150456"/>
<display value="MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2"/>
</coding>
</code>
<subject>
<reference value="Patient/example"/>
</subject>
<effectiveDateTime value="2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00"/>
<valueQuantity>
<value value="95"/>
<unit value="%"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="%"/>
</valueQuantity>
<interpretation>
<coding>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/>
<code value="N"/>
<display value="Normal"/>
</coding>
<text value="Normal (applies to non-numeric results)"/>
</interpretation>
<device>
<reference value="DeviceMetric/example"/>
</device>
<referenceRange>
<low>
<value value="90"/>
<unit value="%"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="%"/>
</low>
<high>
<value value="99"/>
<unit value="%"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="%"/>
</high>
</referenceRange>
</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.