“Temperature recording gives an indication of core body temperature which is normally tightly controlled (thermoregulation) as it affects the rate of chemical reactions. … The main reason for checking body temperature is to solicit any signs of systemic infection or inflammation in the presence of a fever (temp > 38.5 °C/101.3 °F or sustained temp > 38 °C/100.4 °F), or elevated significantly above the individual's normal temperature” – Wikipedia.

This class represents the measurement (or “clinical observation”) of the patient’s Temperature. This class re-defines the generic clinical Observation class to fix the observed characteristic to LOINC 8310-5 and to set the data type of the observation value to a Physical Quantity.

Attributes
«CS» Code	bodySite	“Different parts of the body have different temperatures. Rectal and vaginal measurements taken directly inside the body cavity are typically slightly higher than oral measurements, and oral measurements are somewhat higher than skin measurements. Other places, such as under the arm or in the ear, produce different typical temperatures” – Wikipedia. This property contains the code that specifies the anatomical site or system that is the focus of the Observation. In the generic clinical Observation class, this code is not “bound” to a particular value set. In this class, the property is re-defined to a set of values that are appropriate to Temperature measurements. These values come from the SNOMED-CT coding system.
«PQ» Quantity	value	This property contains the result, or value of the clinical Observation. In the generic clinical Observation class, the data type for this property can be anything. Temperature is generally expressed in terms of degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, this property has been re-defined to constrain the data type to be a Physical Quantity.

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::ClinicalObservation::ObservationStatement

basedOn,  bodySite,  category,  componentObservation,  dataAbsentReason,  dateTime,  dateTimeIssued,  deltaFlag,  description,  deviceInstance,  evaluationProcedure,  exceptionValue,  interpretationEvent,  method,  multimedia,  observed,  observedCharacteristic,  referenceRange,  reliability,  resultStatus,  specimen,  value,  derivedFrom,  hasMember,  partOf

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::Common::ClinicalStatement

clinicalDataSource,  contentVersion,  contextCode,  encounter,  note,  recordStatus,  relatedClinicalInformation,  sourceRecordType,  sourceSystem,  subjectGroup,  subjectOfInformation,  subjectOfRecord,  temporalContext,  topicCode,  cosigned,  recorded,  signed,  verified

Attributes inherited from  FHIM::Common::InformationEntry

identifier

 bodySite

Public «CS» Code bodySite

“Different parts of the body have different temperatures. Rectal and vaginal measurements taken directly inside the body cavity are typically slightly higher than oral measurements, and oral measurements are somewhat higher than skin measurements. Other places, such as under the arm or in the ear, produce different typical temperatures” – Wikipedia.

This property contains the code that specifies the anatomical site or system that is the focus of the Observation. In the generic clinical Observation class, this code is not “bound” to a particular value set. In this class, the property is re-defined to a set of values that are appropriate to Temperature measurements. These values come from the SNOMED-CT coding system.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	TemperatureObservation
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords	redefine
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	bodySite
Name Expression
Namespace	TemperatureObservation
Opposite
Owner	TemperatureObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::VitalSigns::Temperature::TemperatureObservation::bodySite
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 value

Public «PQ» Quantity value

This property contains the result, or value of the clinical Observation. In the generic clinical Observation class, the data type for this property can be anything. Temperature is generally expressed in terms of degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, this property has been re-defined to constrain the data type to be a Physical Quantity.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	TemperatureObservation
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords	redefine
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	value
Name Expression
Namespace	TemperatureObservation
Opposite
Owner	TemperatureObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::VitalSigns::Temperature::TemperatureObservation::value
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«PQ» Quantity
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public