Existing Wording: The body position during the observation :

The position of the body when the observation was done,

e.g., standing, sitting. To be used only when the body

position in not precoordinated in the observation code.

observation-delta (extension observation-

delta.html)

Qualitative change or trend in the measurement :

The qualitative change in the value relative to the previous

measurement. Usually only recorded if the change is

clinically significant.

Comment:

body position and other specialized things (like cuff size for BP) are usually reported as related observations when they are not pre-coordinated. Requiring these as independent fields in the record will create havoc with reporting in a flow sheet. Either the cell will get very crowded, or the application will have to create a pseudo variable for each body position