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Example Observation/gcs-qa (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
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Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual scores as related QuestionnaireAnswer (id = "gcs-qa")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="gcs-qa"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="gcs-qa"> </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 "gcs-qa" </p> </div> <p> <b> status</b> : <span title=" the mandatory quality flags: ">final</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : <span title="
Observations are often coded in multiple code systems.
- LOINC
- or SNOMED
-and/or the source system may provides its own "local" code, which
may be less or more granular than LOINC.
In this example there is only LOINC
">Glasgow Coma Scale , (GCS) <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #9269-2 "Glasgow coma score total")</span> </span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example.html">Patient/example: Peter James Chalmers</a> "Peter CHALMERS"</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2014-12-11T04:44:16Z</p> <p> <b> value</b> : <span title=" In FHIR, units may be represented twice. Once in the
agreed human representation, and once in a coded form.
In this example the UCUM unit is provided but no human representation since
this is often not displayed
">13 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </span> </p> <blockquote> <p> <b> referenceRange</b> </p> <p> <b> high</b> : 8 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span title=" meaning as text ">Severe TBI <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </span> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> referenceRange</b> </p> <p> <b> low</b> : 9 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> high</b> : 12 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span title=" meaning as text ">Moderate TBI <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </span> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> referenceRange</b> </p> <p> <b> low</b> : 13 {score}<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code {score} = '{score}')</span> </p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span title=" meaning as text ">Mild TBI <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> ()</span> </span> </p> </blockquote> <p> <b> derivedFrom</b> : <span title=" put the references to the QuestionnairAnswer example here using the derived-From
type "><a href="questionnaireresponse-example-gcs.html">QuestionnaireResponse/gcs: GCS form results</a> </span> </p> </div> </text> <status value="final"/> <code> <coding>
<system value="http://loinc.org"/>
<code value="9269-2"/>
<display value="Glasgow coma score total"/>
</coding>
<text value="Glasgow Coma Scale , (GCS)"/>
</code>
<subject>
<reference value="Patient/example"/>
<display value="Peter James Chalmers"/>
</subject>
<effectiveDateTime value="2014-12-11T04:44:16Z"/> <valueQuantity>
<value value="13"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="{score}"/>
</valueQuantity>
<referenceRange>
<high>
<value value="8"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="{score}"/>
</high> <type>
<text value="Severe TBI"/>
</type>
</referenceRange>
<referenceRange>
<low>
<value value="9"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="{score}"/>
</low>
<high>
<value value="12"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="{score}"/>
</high> <type>
<text value="Moderate TBI"/>
</type>
</referenceRange>
<referenceRange>
<low>
<value value="13"/>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<code value="{score}"/>
</low> <type>
<text value="Mild TBI"/>
</type>
</referenceRange> <derivedFrom>
<reference value="QuestionnaireResponse/gcs"/>
<display value="GCS form results"/>
</derivedFrom>
</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.