FHIR R4 Symptoms Implementation Guide
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FHIR R4 Symptoms Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Clinical Interoperability Council. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-symptoms-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: ShortnessOfBreathSymptom

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    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Observation ShortnessOfBreathSymptom</b></p><a name="ShortnessOfBreathSymptom"> </a><a name="hcShortnessOfBreathSymptom"> </a><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">Language: en</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="StructureDefinition-SymptomObservation.html">Symptom Observation</a></p></div><p><b>Supporting info</b>: <a href="Observation-ChestPainSymptom.html">Observation Symptom</a></p><p><b>Supporting info</b>: <a href="Condition-Type2DiabetesMellitus.html">Condition Type 2 diabetes mellitus</a></p><p><b>status</b>: Final</p><p><b>category</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/symptoms/CodeSystem/SymptomTemporary symptom}">Symptom</span></p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 75325-1}">Symptom</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a href="Patient-JaneDoe.html">Jane Doe  Female, DoB: 1965-01-01</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2025-09-23 13:22:00+0200 --&gt; 2025-09-23 13:27:00+0200</p><p><b>issued</b>: 2025-09-15 13:28:17+0200</p><p><b>performer</b>: <a href="Patient-JaneDoe.html">Jane Doe  Female, DoB: 1965-01-01</a></p><p><b>value</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 267036007}">Dyspnea (finding)</span></p><p><b>note</b>: By Reference(JaneDoe) @2025-09-15</p><blockquote><div><p>For the last six weeks, I have been getting so winded when I have been walking up stairs.</p>
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