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US Core Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 7.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/US-Core/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Example Observation: Average Blood Pressure Example

Page standards status: Informative

Generated Narrative: Observation

Resource Observation "average-blood-pressure"

Profile: US Core Average Blood Pressure Profile (version 7.0.0)

status: final

category: Vital Signs (Observation Category Codes#vital-signs)

code: Avg Blood pressure systolic and diastolic (LOINC#96607-7 "Blood pressure panel mean systolic and mean diastolic")

subject: Patient/example: Amy Shaw " SHAW"

effective: 2023-08-03 01:06:52+0000 --> 2023-08-06 13:07:01+0000

performer: Patient/example: Amy Shaw " SHAW"

note: Average blood pressure is calculated from 12 measurements taken by the patient over 3 days.

component

code: Average systolic blood pressure (LOINC#96608-5 "Systolic blood pressure mean")

value: 109 mm[Hg] (Details: UCUM code mm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')

component

code: Average diastolic blood pressure (LOINC#96609-3 "Diastolic blood pressure mean")

value: 72 mm[Hg] (Details: UCUM code mm[Hg] = 'mm[Hg]')

component

code: Number of measurements (SNOMED CT#246432004 "Number of occurrences (qualifier value)")

value: 3 #