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Observation-example-respiratory-rate.json

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Simple Respiratory Rate Example

{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "id": "respiratory-rate",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/vitalsigns"
    ]
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: respiratory-rate</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>category</b>: Vital Signs <span>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category code 'vital-signs' = 'Vital Signs', given as 'Vital Signs'})</span></p><p><b>code</b>: Respiratory rate <span>(Details : {LOINC code '9279-1' = 'Respiratory rate', given as 'Respiratory rate'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: Jul 2, 1999</p><p><b>value</b>: 26 breaths/minute<span> (Details: UCUM code /min = '/min')</span></p></div>"
  },
  "status": "final",
  "category": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/observation-category",
          "code": "vital-signs",
          "display": "Vital Signs"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vital Signs"
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://loinc.org",
        "code": "9279-1",
        "display": "Respiratory rate"
      }
    ],
    "text": "Respiratory rate"
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/example"
  },
  "effectiveDateTime": "1999-07-02",
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 26,
    "unit": "breaths/minute",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "/min"
  }
}

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.