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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)

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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> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="vitals-panel"> </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;vitals-panel&quot; </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="vitalsigns.html">Vital Signs Profile</a> </p> </div> <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> : Vital signs Panel <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #85353-1 &quot;Vital signs, weight, height, head circumference, oxygen saturation
           and BMI panel&quot;)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example.html">Patient/example</a>  &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 1999-07-02</p> <p> <b> hasMember</b> : </p> <ul> <li> <a href="observation-example-respiratory-rate.html">Observation/respiratory-rate: Respiratory Rate</a> </li> <li> <a href="observation-example-heart-rate.html">Observation/heart-rate: Heart Rate</a> </li> <li> <a href="observation-example-bloodpressure.html">Observation/blood-pressure: Blood Pressure</a> </li> <li> <a href="observation-example-body-temperature.html">Observation/body-temperature: Body Temperature</a> </li> </ul> </div> </text> <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>     <!--    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.