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Observation-example-respiratory-rate.xml

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Simple Respiratory Rate Example (id = "respiratory-rate")

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="respiratory-rate"/> 
  <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 with Details</b> </p> <p> <b> id</b> : respiratory-rate</p> <p> <b> meta</b> : </p> <p> <b> status</b> : final</p> <p> <b> category</b> : Vital Signs <span> (Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs',
           given as 'Vital Signs'})</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Respiratory rate <span> (Details : {LOINC code '9279-1' = 'Respiratory rate', given as 'Respiratory rate'})</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a> Patient/example</a> </p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 02/07/1999</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 26 breaths/minute<span>  (Details: UCUM code /min = '/min')</span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> 
  <category> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/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="9279-1"/> 
      <display value="Respiratory rate"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Respiratory rate"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="26"/> 
    <unit value="breaths/minute"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="/min"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
</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.