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Example Observation/satO2 (XML)

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Device, Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

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Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile) (id = "satO2")

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="satO2"/> 
  <meta> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: Observation</b> <a name="satO2"> </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;satO2&quot; </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="vitalsigns.html">Vital Signs Profile</a> </p> </div> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: o1223435-10</p> <p> <b> partOf</b> : <a href="procedure-example-ob.html">Procedure/ob</a> </p> <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/5.1.0/CodeSystem-observation-category.html">Observation Category Codes</a> #vital-signs)</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #2708-6; <a href="https://loinc.org/">LOINC</a> #59408-5 &quot;Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry&quot;; <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-mdc.html">ISO 11073-10101 Health informatics - Point-of-care</a> #150456 &quot;MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2&quot;)</span> </p> <p> <b> subject</b> : <a href="patient-example.html">Patient/example</a>  &quot;Peter CHALMERS&quot;</p> <p> <b> effective</b> : 2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00</p> <p> <b> value</b> : 95 %<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span> </p> <p> <b> interpretation</b> : Normal (applies to non-numeric results) <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (<a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ObservationInterpretation.html">ObservationInterpretation</a> #N &quot;Normal&quot;)</span> </p> <p> <b> device</b> : <a href="devicemetric-example.html">DeviceMetric/example</a> </p> <h3> ReferenceRanges</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Low</b> </td> <td> <b> High</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> 90 %<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span> </td> <td> 99 %<span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow"> (Details: UCUM code % = '%')</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <identifier> 
    <system value="http://goodcare.org/observation/id"/> 
    <value value="o1223435-10"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <partOf> 
    <reference value="Procedure/ob"/> 
  </partOf> 
  <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"/> 
          <!--    LOINC    -->
      <code value="2708-6"/> 
      <display value="Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood"/> 
    </coding> 
        <!--    Example of a translation to a more specific code  to the vitals profile LOINC
     code    -->
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
          <!--    LOINC    -->
      <code value="59408-5"/> 
      <display value="Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry"/> 
    </coding> 
        <!--    Example of a translation to a more specific code  to the vitals profile LOINC
     code    -->
    <coding> 
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:11073:10101"/> 
          <!--       mdc       -->
      <code value="150456"/> 
      <display value="MDC_PULS_OXIM_SAT_O2"/> 
    </coding> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="2014-12-05T09:30:10+01:00"/> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="95"/> 
    <unit value="%"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="%"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
  <interpretation> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation"/> 
      <code value="N"/> 
      <display value="Normal"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Normal (applies to non-numeric results)"/> 
  </interpretation> 
  <device> 
    <reference value="DeviceMetric/example"/> 
  </device> 
  <referenceRange> 
    <low> 
      <value value="90"/> 
      <unit value="%"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="%"/> 
    </low> 
    <high> 
      <value value="99"/> 
      <unit value="%"/> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <code value="%"/> 
    </high> 
  </referenceRange> 
</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.