2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

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Extension-medicationprescription-specialDosing.json

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Special Dosing

{
  "resourceType": "ExtensionDefinition",
  "id": "medicationprescription-specialDosing",
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/medicationprescription-specialDosing",
  "name": "Special Dosing",
  "display": "specialDosing",
  "publisher": "Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR WG",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "HL7"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "This is the user-entered dose of this orderable item when it is based on patient parameters; e.g., either weight or body surface area. The dose in this field will be used to then calculate the doseRange field. This has a LowerLimit and UpperLimit to accommodate a sliding scale or dosage range. Most medication orders have just one ordered dose. In these cases, ONLY the LowerLimit is filled in.",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2015-02-17",
  "contextType": "resource",
  "context": [
    "MedicationPrescription.dosageInstruction,MedicationDispense.dosageInstruction"
  ],
  "element": [
    {
      "path": "Extension",
      "short": "Special Dosing",
      "definition": "This is the user-entered dose of this orderable item when it is based on patient parameters; e.g., either weight or body surface area. The dose in this field will be used to then calculate the doseRange field. This has a LowerLimit and UpperLimit to accommodate a sliding scale or dosage range. Most medication orders have just one ordered dose. In these cases, ONLY the LowerLimit is filled in.",
      "min": 0,
      "max": "1",
      "type": [
        {
          "code": "Range"
        },
        {
          "code": "Quantity"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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.