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Example Observation/respiratory-rate (XML)

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

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Simple Respiratory Rate Example (id = "respiratory-rate")

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

<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="respiratory-rate"/> 
  <meta> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"/> 
  </meta> 
  <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> 
  <category> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="9279-1"/> 
      <display value="Respiratory rate"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Respiratory rate"/> 
  </category> 
  <code> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://loinc.org"/> 
      <code value="9279-1"/> 
      <display value="Respiratory rate"/> 
    </coding> 
    <text value="Respiratory rate"/> 
  </code> 
  <subject> 
    <reference value="Patient/example"/> 
  </subject> 
  <effectiveDateTime value="1999-07-02"/> 
  <valueQuantity> 
    <value value="26"/> 
    <unit value="breaths/minute"/> 
    <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
    <code value="/min"/> 
  </valueQuantity> 
</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.