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Real-world patient - CO2 (id = "f203")
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f203"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <code><!-- Kind of observation = Bicarbonate --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="365722008"/> <display value="Bicarbonate level"/> </coding> </code> <valueQuantity><!-- Bicarbonate=28mmol/L --> <value value="28"/> <units value="mmol/L"/> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="258813002"/> </valueQuantity> <interpretation> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="166698001"/> <display value="Serum bicarbonate level normal"/> </coding> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0078"/> <code value="N"/> </coding> </interpretation> <issued value="2013-04-04T14:34:00+01:00"/><!-- Bicarbonate was measured on April fourth --> <status value="final"/><!-- The observation is complete --> <reliability value="ok"/><!-- No reliability concerns --> <method><!-- Method was serum measurement --> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="271239003"/> <display value="Serum bicarbonate measurement"/> </coding> </method> <identifier> <system value="https://intranet.aumc.nl/labvalues"/><!-- Does not exist --> <value value="1304-03720-Bicarbonate"/> </identifier> <subject><!-- It entails Roel's Bicarbonate level --> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </subject> <performer><!-- The bicarbonate level was measured by Luigi Maas --> <reference value="Practitioner/f202"/> <display value="Luigi Maas"/> </performer> <referenceRange><!-- Healthy bicarbonate level ranges from 22mmol/L to 29mmol/L --> <low> <value value="22"/> </low> <high> <value value="29"/> </high> <meaning> <coding> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/referencerange-meaning"/> <code value="normal"/> <display value="Normal Range"/> </coding> </meaning> </referenceRange> </Observation>
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