“The respiratory rate (RR), also known as the respiration rate, ventilation rate, ventilatory rate, ventilation frequency (Vf), respiration frequency (Rf), pulmonary ventilation rate, or breathing frequency, is the rate (frequency) of ventilation, that is, the number of breaths (inhalation-exhalation cycles) taken within a set amount of time (typically 60 seconds)” – Wikipedia.

This class represents the measurement (or “clinical observation”) of the patient’s Respiration Rate. This class re-defines the generic clinical Observation class to fix the observed characteristic to LOINC 9279-1 and to set the data type of the observation value to a Physical Quantity.

Attributes
«CS» Code	oxygenProvisionDeviceQualifier	If the patient was receiving supplemental oxygen during the time that the patient’s blood oxygen saturation level or respiration rate was measured, this class will indicate what kind of device was being used to administer the oxygen. This information is important to know when interpreting the value of the primary observation. The value of this property is constrained to be one of a set of codes from the SNOMED-CT coding system that categorizes the kind of device that was used to administer supplemental oxygen.
«CS» Code	patientStateExertionQualifier	Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Respiration, and Blood Oxygen levels naturally vary depending on whether the patient is at rest, or during or shortly after exercise. This property records an sub-observation of whether the patient was at rest, exercising, or recently had been exercising at the time of the measurement.
«REAL» Decimal	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. Respiration Rate is generally expressed in terms of breaths per minute. Therefore, this property has been re-defined to constrain the data type to be a Rate 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

 oxygenProvisionDeviceQualifier

Public «CS» Code oxygenProvisionDeviceQualifier

If the patient was receiving supplemental oxygen during the time that the patient’s blood oxygen saturation level or respiration rate was measured, this class will indicate what kind of device was being used to administer the oxygen. This information is important to know when interpreting the value of the primary observation. The value of this property is constrained to be one of a set of codes from the SNOMED-CT coding system that categorizes the kind of device that was used to administer supplemental oxygen.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	RespirationObservation
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
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	oxygenProvisionDeviceQualifier
Name Expression
Namespace	RespirationObservation
Opposite
Owner	RespirationObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::VitalSigns::RespirationRate::RespirationObservation::oxygenProvisionDeviceQualifier
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 patientStateExertionQualifier

Public «CS» Code patientStateExertionQualifier

Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Respiration, and Blood Oxygen levels naturally vary depending on whether the patient is at rest, or during or shortly after exercise. This property records an sub-observation of whether the patient was at rest, exercising, or recently had been exercising at the time of the measurement.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	RespirationObservation
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
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	patientStateExertionQualifier
Name Expression
Namespace	RespirationObservation
Opposite
Owner	RespirationObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::VitalSigns::RespirationRate::RespirationObservation::patientStateExertionQualifier
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 value

Public «REAL» Decimal 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. Respiration Rate is generally expressed in terms of breaths per minute. Therefore, this property has been re-defined to constrain the data type to be a Rate Quantity.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	RespirationObservation
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	RespirationObservation
Opposite
Owner	RespirationObservation
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::VitalSigns::RespirationRate::RespirationObservation::value
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«REAL» Decimal
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public