VitalSigns::BloodPressure
Class BloodPressureObservation

"Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels and is one of the principal vital signs. When used without further specification, "blood pressure" usually refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation, usually measured at a person's upper arm. A person’s blood pressure is usually expressed in terms of the systolic (maximum) pressure over diastolic (minimum) pressure and is measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg). … Blood pressure varies depending on situation, activity, and disease states, and is regulated by the nervous and endocrine systems. … Chronic hypertension is a risk factor for many diseases, including kidney failure, heart attack, and stroke." – Wikipedia.

This class represents the measurement (or “clinical observation”) of the patient’s Blood Pressure. Blood pressure is typically expressed in terms of the systolic pressure over diastolic pressure as if this were a single observation, yet in fact these are two separate observations taken moments apart. Therefore, the value of this “blood pressure observation” is made up of a set of one systolic and one diastolic observation. This class also re-defines the generic clinical Observation class to fix the observed characteristic to LOINC 55284-4.

Attributes
DiastolicBloodPressureObservation diastolicBloodPressureObservation diastolicBloodPressureObservation

Pointer to a measurement (or “clinical observation”) of the patient’s Diastolic Blood Pressure, which is the minimum pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels during the heart’s pumping phase.

SystolicBloodPressureObservation systolicBloodPressureObservation systolicBloodPressureObservation

Pointer to the measurement (or “clinical observation”) of the patient’s Systolic Blood Pressure, which is the maximum pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels during the heart’s pumping phase.

Attributes inherited from FHIM::VitalSigns::BloodPressure::AbstractBloodPressureObservation FHIM::VitalSigns::BloodPressure::AbstractBloodPressureObservation
bodySite bodySite, method method, cuffSizeQualifier cuffSizeQualifier, diastolicEndpointQualifier diastolicEndpointQualifier, bodyPositionQualifier bodyPositionQualifier, patientStateExertionQualifier patientStateExertionQualifier, sleepStatusQualifier sleepStatusQualifier

Attributes inherited from FHIM::ClinicalObservation::ObservationStatement FHIM::ClinicalObservation::ObservationStatement
basedOn basedOn, bodySite bodySite, category category, componentObservation componentObservation, dataAbsentReason dataAbsentReason, dateTime dateTime, dateTimeIssued dateTimeIssued, deltaFlag deltaFlag, description description, deviceInstance deviceInstance, evaluationProcedure evaluationProcedure, exceptionValue exceptionValue, interpretationEvent interpretationEvent, method method, multimedia multimedia, observed observed, observedCharacteristic observedCharacteristic, referenceRange referenceRange, reliability reliability, resultStatus resultStatus, specimen specimen, value value, derivedFrom derivedFrom, hasMember hasMember, partOf partOf

Attributes inherited from FHIM::Common::ClinicalStatement FHIM::Common::ClinicalStatement
clinicalDataSource clinicalDataSource, contentVersion contentVersion, contextCode contextCode, encounter encounter, note note, recordStatus recordStatus, relatedClinicalInformation relatedClinicalInformation, sourceRecordType sourceRecordType, sourceSystem sourceSystem, subjectGroup subjectGroup, subjectOfInformation subjectOfInformation, subjectOfRecord subjectOfRecord, temporalContext temporalContext, topicCode topicCode, cosigned cosigned, recorded recorded, signed signed, verified verified

Attributes inherited from FHIM::Common::InformationEntry FHIM::Common::InformationEntry
identifier identifier

Properties:

Alias
Classifier Behavior
Is Abstractfalse
Is Activefalse
Is Leaffalse
Keywords
NameBloodPressureObservation
Name Expression
NamespaceBloodPressure
Owned Template Signature
OwnerBloodPressure
Owning Template Parameter
PackageBloodPressure
Qualified NameFHIM::VitalSigns::BloodPressure::BloodPressureObservation
Representation
Stereotype
Template Parameter
VisibilityPublic

Attribute Details

 diastolicBloodPressureObservation
Public DiastolicBloodPressureObservation diastolicBloodPressureObservation

Pointer to a measurement (or “clinical observation”) of the patient’s Diastolic Blood Pressure, which is the minimum pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels during the heart’s pumping phase.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association(diastolicBloodPressureObservation:DiastolicBloodPressureObservation)
Association End
ClassBloodPressureObservation
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower1
Lower Value(1)
Multiplicity1
NamediastolicBloodPressureObservation
Name Expression
NamespaceBloodPressureObservation
Opposite
OwnerBloodPressureObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::VitalSigns::BloodPressure::BloodPressureObservation::diastolicBloodPressureObservation
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeDiastolicBloodPressureObservation
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic


 systolicBloodPressureObservation
Public SystolicBloodPressureObservation systolicBloodPressureObservation

Pointer to the measurement (or “clinical observation”) of the patient’s Systolic Blood Pressure, which is the maximum pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels during the heart’s pumping phase.

Constraints:
Properties:

AggregationNone
Alias
Association(systolicBloodPressureObservation:SystolicBloodPressureObservation)
Association End
ClassBloodPressureObservation
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Compositefalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Derived Unionfalse
Is Leaffalse
Is Orderedfalse
Is Read Onlyfalse
Is Staticfalse
Is Uniquetrue
Keywords
Lower1
Lower Value(1)
Multiplicity1
NamesystolicBloodPressureObservation
Name Expression
NamespaceBloodPressureObservation
Opposite
OwnerBloodPressureObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified NameFHIM::VitalSigns::BloodPressure::BloodPressureObservation::systolicBloodPressureObservation
Stereotype
Template Parameter
TypeSystolicBloodPressureObservation
Upper1
Upper Value(1)
VisibilityPublic