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: Blood Pressure Example - XML Representation

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<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="blood-pressure"/>
  <meta>
    <profile
             value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-blood-pressure"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative: Observation</b><a name="blood-pressure"> </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;blood-pressure&quot; </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="StructureDefinition-us-core-blood-pressure.html">US Core Blood Pressure 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/5.0.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html">Observation Category Codes</a>#vital-signs)</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Blood pressure systolic and diastolic <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a>#85354-9 &quot;Blood pressure panel with all children optional&quot;)</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href="Patient-example.html">Patient/example: Amy Shaw</a> &quot; SHAW&quot;</p><p><b>encounter</b>: <span>: GP Visit</span></p><p><b>effective</b>: 1999-07-02</p><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Systolic blood pressure <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a>#8480-6)</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 109 mmHg<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code mm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>component</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Diastolic blood pressure <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a>#8462-4)</span></p><p><b>value</b>: 44 mmHg<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code mm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')</span></p></blockquote></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>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
      <code value="85354-9"/>
      <display value="Blood pressure panel with all children optional"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Blood pressure systolic and diastolic"/>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example"/>
    <display value="Amy Shaw"/>
  </subject>
  <encounter>
    <display value="GP Visit"/>
  </encounter>
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/>
  <component>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
        <code value="8480-6"/>
        <display value="Systolic blood pressure"/>
      </coding>
      <text value="Systolic blood pressure"/>
    </code>
    <valueQuantity>
      <value value="109"/>
      <unit value="mmHg"/>
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
      <code value="mm[Hg]"/>
    </valueQuantity>
  </component>
  <component>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
        <code value="8462-4"/>
        <display value="Diastolic blood pressure"/>
      </coding>
      <text value="Diastolic blood pressure"/>
    </code>
    <valueQuantity>
      <value value="44"/>
      <unit value="mmHg"/>
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
      <code value="mm[Hg]"/>
    </valueQuantity>
  </component>
</Observation>