CIMI_Clinical.Pharmacy

Class DosageInstruction

Documentation:

Pattern for the dosing of a medication. Describes how medication is to be administered or how it should be taken.

Ancestors:

• Locatable
• • NonIndependent
• • • Dosage
• • • • DosageInstruction

Descendants:

Property Summary

Properties

Property Name	Type and Description	Existence	Cardinality
sequence	IntegerType The order of the dosage instructions	1..1	N/A
additionalInstructions	List<Concept> Supplemental instructions to the patient on how to take the medication (e.g. "with meals" or "take half to one hour before food") or warnings for the patient about the medication (e.g. "may cause drowsiness" or "avoid exposure of skin to direct sunlight or sunlamps").	0..1	0..*
patientInstruction	List<Text> Instructions in terms that are understood by the patient or consumer.	0..1	0..*
timing	Timing When medication should be administered	0..1	N/A
asNeeded	Concept Take "as needed" (for x)	0..1	N/A
doseRange	QuantitativeReferenceRange Amount of medication per dose	0..1	N/A
rateRange	IntervalValue<Quantity> Amount of medication per unit of time (applicable to medication taken continuously over a period of time, such as an infusion).	0..1	N/A
maxDosePerPeriod	Ratio<T> Upper limit on medication per unit of time	0..1	N/A
maxDosePerAdministration	Quantity Upper limit on medication per administration	0..1	N/A
maxDosePerLifetime	Quantity Upper limit on medication per lifetime of the patient	0..1	N/A

Properties inherited from class Dosage

dosageAsText, bodySite, bodySite_Concept, route, method, dose, rate, rateRatio

Properties inherited from class NonIndependent

Properties inherited from class Locatable

archetype_node_id, name, archetype_details