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10.1.8 Resource Observation - Examples

10.1.8.1 Laboratory Results

The following Observations show examples of laboratory observations:

• Real-world patient - glucose
• Real-world patient - erythrocyte
• Real-world patient - hemoglobin
• Real-world patient -base excess
• Real-world patient - CO2
• Real-world patient - creatinine
• Real-world patient - estimated gfr
• Real-world patient - staphylococcus
• Specimen Reject Example
• An "ask at order" response using the datetime datetype for the result value

• Simple blood typing example:

  • A simple blood typing panel.
  • An example of a blood group (ABO) measurement.
  • An example of a blood Rh antigen measurement.

10.1.8.2 Exam Findings and Simple Assessments

The following Observations shows examples of physical exams finding and simple assessments:

• An exam finding of abdominal tenderness .Note that this example uses the pattern 3 described in the "Using Codes in Observation" Section.
• Observation to capture whether the mother is trained to change her child's tracheostomy tube. Note that in this example, the child is the patient of record and the mother is the focus.

10.1.8.3 Imaging Studies

The following Observations show examples of imaging results:

• Example of an encoded BMD measurements of left femur

10.1.8.4 Observations where subject is a Location

The following Observations show examples of observations about a location:

• Example of an Observations made about a location - an oyster farm

10.1.8.5 Observations where subject is a Group

The following Observations show examples of observations about a group:

• An example of a herd screening ELISA assay for Mycoplasmal Pneumonia in Pigs

10.1.8.6 Physical Traits

The following Observations show examples of physical trait observation:

• Example of a very simple personal characteristic observation

10.1.8.7 Assessment Tools Scores

The following Observations show examples of assessment tool scores:

• Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual score as components
• Clinical assessment tool example - GCS with individual scores as related QuestionnaireAnswer
• Example of a 1 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 2 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 5 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 10 minute Apgar score with individual score as components
• Example of a 20 minute Apgar score with individual score as components

10.1.8.8 Device Generated Data

The following Observations show examples of observations generated by a device:

• EKG Example using SampledData data type
• Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)

10.1.8.9 PHD Generated Data

The following Observations show examples of observations generated by a personal healthcare device:

• Spirometry Example referencing DeviceComponent

10.1.8.10 Social History Observations

The following Observations show examples of social history observations:

• An example of a finding of second hand smoke exposure

• Type of alcohol consumed

• Clinical gender observation. For a discussion of representing patient gender see the Patient resource.

10.1.8.11 Signs and Symptoms

The following Observations show examples of findings of signs and symptoms:

• An example of a finding of vomiting

10.1.8.12 Vital Signs

The following Observations show examples of vital signs measurements:

• Real-world patient - temperature
• Simple Weight Example
• Simple Respiratory Rate Example
• Simple Heart Rate Example
• Simple Body Temperature Example
• Simple Body Height Example
• Simple Body Length Example This example demonstrates the use of a code translation to allow the observation to be interpreted as Body Length ( typically used for infants).
• Simple Head Circumference Example
• Simple BMI Example
• BMI with links to Height and Weight
• Oxygen Saturation by Pulse Oximetry Example (DeviceMetricObservation profile)
• Blood Pressure Measurement
• Blood Pressure Measurement with an absent Diastolic measurement
• Simple Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Example
• Simple Panel of Heart Rate, Repiratory Rate. Blood Pressure and Body Temperature
• Blood Pressure Measurement cancelled
• An example to demonstrate the bodyPosition and delta extensions

10.1.8.13 Internationalization

The following Observations demonstrate examples of internationalization (using non-ASCII Unicode characters for Observation.code):

• Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Arabic)
• Observation example demonstrating internationalization (Korean)

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.