Release 5

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Example Observation/f203 (Turtle)

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

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Real-world patient - CO2

@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 "f203"] ; # 
  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=\"f203\"> </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;f203&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 1304-03720-Bicarbonate</p><p><b>status</b>: <span title=\"  Bicarbonate was measured on April fourth  \">final</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://loinc.org/\">LOINC</a>#1963-8; <a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#365722008 &quot;Bicarbonate level&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-f201-roel.html\">Patient/f201: Roel</a> &quot;Roel&quot;</p><p><b>issued</b>: 5 Apr 2013, 12:34:00 am</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f202-lm.html\">Practitioner/f202: Luigi Maas</a> &quot;Luigi Maas&quot;</p><p><b>value</b>: 28 mmol/L<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258813002 = 'mM')</span></p><p><b>interpretation</b>: Serum bicarbonate level normal <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#166698001; <a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html\">ObservationInterpretation</a>#N)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: <span title=\"  The observation is complete  &amp;#10;  No reliability concerns  \">enzymatic method <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></span></p><h3>ReferenceRanges</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Low</b></td><td><b>High</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><span title=\"  Healthy bicarbonate level ranges from 22mmol/L to 29mmol/L  \">22</span></td><td>29</td><td>Normal Range <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-referencerange-meaning.html\">Observation Reference Range Meaning Codes</a>#normal)</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  ] ; # 
  fhir:identifier ( [
     fhir:system [ fhir:v "https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
     fhir:value [ fhir:v "1304-03720-Bicarbonate" ] #    Does not exist   
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:status [ fhir:v "final"] ; #    Bicarbonate was measured on April fourth   
  fhir:code [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a loinc:1963-8 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://loinc.org"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "1963-8" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Bicarbonate [Moles/?volume] in Serum" ]
     ] [
       a sct:365722008 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "365722008" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Bicarbonate level" ]
     ] ) #    Kind of observation = Bicarbonate LOINC and SNOMED CT translations here - Note in the US the primary code will be LOINC per meaningful use.  Further SNOMED CT  has acceeded to LOINC being the primary coding system for vitals and anthropromorphic measures.  SNOMED CT is required in some countries such as the UK.  
  ] ; # 
  fhir:subject [
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Patient/f201" ] ;
     fhir:display [ fhir:v "Roel" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:issued [ fhir:v "2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00"^^xsd:dateTime] ; # 
  fhir:performer ( [
     fhir:reference [ fhir:v "Practitioner/f202" ] ;
     fhir:display [ fhir:v "Luigi Maas" ]
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:value [
     a fhir:Quantity ;
     fhir:value [ fhir:v "28"^^xsd:decimal ] ; #    Bicarbonate=28mmol\/L   
     fhir:unit [ fhir:v "mmol/L" ] ;
     fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
     fhir:code [ fhir:v "258813002" ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:interpretation ( [
     fhir:coding ( [
       a sct:166698001 ;
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://snomed.info/sct"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "166698001" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "Serum bicarbonate level normal" ]
     ] [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "N" ]
     ] )
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:method [
     fhir:text [ fhir:v "enzymatic method" ] #    Method was enzymatic method   
  ] ; #    The observation is complete   ,    No reliability concerns   
  fhir:referenceRange ( [
     fhir:low [
       fhir:value [ fhir:v "22"^^xsd:decimal ]
     ] ; #    Healthy bicarbonate level ranges from 22mmol\/L to 29mmol\/L   
     fhir:high [
       fhir:value [ fhir:v "29"^^xsd:decimal ]
     ] ;
     fhir:type [
       fhir:coding ( [
         fhir:system [ fhir:v "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/referencerange-meaning"^^xsd:anyURI ] ;
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "normal" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "Normal Range" ]
       ] )
     ]
  ] )] . # 

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