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10.1.8 Resource Observation - Examples

Orders and Observations Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Standards Status: Informative

Security Category: Patient

Compartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

10.1.8.1 Laboratory Results

The following Observations show examples of laboratory observations:

• Real-world patient - glucose
• Real-world patient - erythrocyte
• Real-world patient - hemoglobin
• Real-world patient -base excess
• Real-world patient - CO2
• Real-world patient - creatinine
• Real-world patient - estimated gfr
• Real-world patient - staphylococcus
• Specimen Reject Example
• An "ask at order" response using the datetime datetype for the result value

• Simple blood typing example:

  • A simple blood typing panel.
  • An example of a blood group (ABO) measurement.
  • An example of a blood Rh antigen measurement.

10.1.8.2 Exam Findings and Simple Assessments

The following Observations shows examples of physical exams finding and simple assessments:

• An exam finding of abdominal tenderness .Note that this example uses the pattern 3 described in the "Using Codes in Observation" Section.
• Observation to capture whether the mother is trained to change her child's tracheostomy tube. Note that in this example, the child is the patient of record and the mother is the focus.

10.1.8.3 Imaging Studies

The following Observations show examples of imaging results:

• Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur

10.1.8.4 Observations where subject is a Location

The following Observations show examples of observations about a location:

• Example of an Observations made about a location - an oyster farm

10.1.8.5 Observations where subject is a Group

The following Observations show examples of observations about a group:

• An example of a herd screening ELISA assay for Mycoplasmal Pneumonia in Pigs

10.1.8.6 Physical Traits

The following Observations show examples of physical trait observation:

• Example of a very simple personal characteristic observation

10.1.8.7 Assessment Tools Scores

The following Observations show examples of assessment tool scores:

• Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual score as components
• Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual scores as related QuestionnaireAnswer
• Example of a 1 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 2 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 5 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 10 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 20 minute Apgar score with individual score as components

10.1.8.8 Device Generated Data

The following Observations show examples of observations generated by a device:

• EKG Example using SampledData data type
• Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)

10.1.8.9 PHD Generated Data

The following Observations show examples of observations generated by a personal healthcare device:

• Spirometry Example referencing DeviceComponent

10.1.8.10 Social History Observations

The following Observations show examples of social history observations:

• An example of a finding of second hand smoke exposure

• Type of alcohol consumed

• Clinical gender observation. For a discussion of representing patient gender see the Patient resource.

10.1.8.11 Signs and Symptoms

The following Observations show examples of findings of signs and symptoms:

• An example of a finding of vomiting

10.1.8.12 Vital Signs

The following Observations show examples of vital signs measurements:

• Real-world patient - temperature
• Simple Weight Example
• Simple Respiratory Rate Example
• Simple Heart Rate Example
• Simple Body Temperature Example
• Simple Body Height Example
• Simple Body Length Example This example demonstrates the use of a code translation to allow the observation to be interpreted as Body Length ( typically used for infants).
• Simple Head Circumference Example
• Simple BMI Example
• BMI with links to Height and Weight
• Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)
• Blood Pressure Measurement
• Blood Pressure Measurement with an absent Diastolic measurement
• Simple Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Example
• Simple Panel of Heart Rate, Repiratory Rate. Blood Pressure and Body Temperature
• Blood Pressure Measurement cancelled
• An example to demonstrate the bodyPosition and delta extensions

10.1.8.13 Internationalization

The following Observations demonstrate examples of internationalization (using non-ASCII Unicode characters for Observation.code):

• Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Arabic)
• Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Korean)

Example Name	id	Format
Simple Weight Example	example	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Respiratory Rate Example	respiratory-rate	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Heart Rate Example	heart-rate	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Body Temperature Example	body-temperature	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Body Height Example	body-height	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Body Length Example	body-length	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Head Circumference Example	head-circumference	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple BMI Example	bmi	XML	JSON	Turtle
BMI with links to Height and Weight	bmi-using-related	XML	JSON	Turtle
Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)	satO2	XML	JSON	Turtle
Blood Pressure Measurement	blood-pressure	XML	JSON	Turtle
Blood Pressure Measurement with an absent Diastolic measurement	blood-pressure-dar	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Example	mbp	XML	JSON	Turtle
Simple Panel of Heart Rate, Repiratory Rate. Blood Pressure and Body Temperature	vitals-panel	XML	JSON	Turtle
Blood Pressure Measurement cancelled	blood-pressure-cancel	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - glucose	f001	XML	JSON	Turtle
Specimen Reject Example	unsat	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient -base excess	f002	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - CO2	f003	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - erythrocyte	f004	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - hemoglobin	f005	XML	JSON	Turtle
An "ask at order" response using the datetime datetype for the result value	date-lastmp	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - temperature	f202	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - CO2	f203	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - creatinine	f204	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - estimated gfr	f205	XML	JSON	Turtle
Real-world patient - staphylococcus	f206	XML	JSON	Turtle
EKG Example using SampledData data type	ekg	XML	JSON	Turtle
Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual score as components	glasgow	XML	JSON	Turtle
Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual scores as related QuestionnaireAnswer	gcs-qa	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a 1 minute Apgar score with individual score as components	1minute-apgar-score	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a 2 minute Apgar score with individual score as components	2minute-apgar-score	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a 5 minute Apgar score with individual score as components	5minute-apgar-score	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a 10 minute Apgar score with individual score as components	10minute-apgar-score	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a 20 minute Apgar score with individual score as components	20minute-apgar-score	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a clinical gender observation. For a discussion on representing a patient's gender the Patient Resource.	clinical-gender	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a very simple personal characteristic observation	eye-color	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur	bmd	XML	JSON	Turtle
Spirometry Example referencing DeviceComponent	656	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of a multi-select values/answers Observation with individual answers/values as components	alcohol-type	XML	JSON	Turtle
Example of an Observations made about a location - an oyster farm	vp-oyster	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example of a herd screening ELISA assay for Mycoplasmal Pneumonia in Pigs.	herd1	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example of a finding of vomiting	vomiting	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example of a finding of second hand smoke exposure	secondsmoke	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example of capturing whether the mother is trained to change her child's tracheostomy tube. In this example, the child is the patient of record and the mother is the focus.	trachcare	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example of a simple blood typing panel.	bgpanel	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example of a blood group (ABO) measurement.	bloodgroup	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example of a blood Rh antigen measurement.	rhstatus	XML	JSON	Turtle
Explores the edge cases of the decimal data type	decimal	XML	JSON	Turtle
An example to demonstrate using the bodyPosition and delta extensions	map-sitting	XML	JSON	Turtle
An exam finding using pattern 3 described in the "Using Codes in Observation" Section	abdo-tender	XML	JSON	Turtle
Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Korean)	krcore-observation-labresult-example-01	XML	JSON	Turtle
Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Arabic)	body-weight-with-arabic-code	XML	JSON	Turtle

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.