| ARCHETYPE ID | openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.growth_velocity.v0 |
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| Concept | Growth velocity |
| Description | The rate of growth, or change in growth measurements, over a period of time. |
| Use | To record the rate of growth for common measurements, such as body length/height, head circumference and body weight, over a known period of time. The growth velocity will usually be positive, especially in childhood, although there may be circumstances where it is neccessary to record a negative velocity, for example in situations of loss of height with age. |
| Misuse | Not to be used to record the actual point-in-time measurements for body length/height, head circumference and body weight. Use the appropriate OBSERVATION archetypes for this purpose - OBSERVATION.height, OBSERVATION.head_circumference or OBSERVATION.body_weight. Not to be used to record the actual change in measurements over actual, identified time periods for body length/height, head circumference and body weight. Use the interval event model and the 'Change' mathematical function in appropriate OBSERVATION archetypes for this purpose - OBSERVATION.height, OBSERVATION.head_circumference or OBSERVATION.body_weight. |
| Purpose | To record the rate of growth for common measurements, over a known period of time. |
| References | World Health Organisation [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organisation.The WHO Child Growth Standards; [cited 2018 Jul 23]. Available from: http://www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/en/. |
| Copyright | © openEHR Foundation |
| Authors | Author name: Heather Leslie Organisation: Atomica Informatics Email: heather.leslie@atomicainformatics.com Date originally authored: 2018-08-22 |
| Other Details Language | Author name: Heather Leslie Organisation: Atomica Informatics Email: heather.leslie@atomicainformatics.com Date originally authored: 2018-08-22 |
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| Keywords | |
| Lifecycle | in_development |
| UID | bfee472f-78af-4a3f-9445-8fc0a2176527 |
| Language used | en |
| Citeable Identifier | 1246.145.2704 |
| Revision Number | 0.0.1-alpha |
| protocol | |
| Extension | Extension: Additional information required to capture local content or to align with other reference models/formalisms. For example: local information requirements or additional metadata to align with FHIR or CIMI equivalents. Include: All not explicitly excluded archetypes |
| data | |
| Body weight | Body weight: The rate of change of body weight for an individual. Property: null Units:
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| Body length/height | Body length/height: The rate of change in the length or height of an individual. Property: null Units:
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| Head circumference | Head circumference: The rate of change in the head circumference of an individual. Property: null Units:
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| Comment | Comment: Additional narrative about the velocity measurements, not captured in other fields. |
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| Point in time event | Point in time event: Unspecified point in time event which may be explicitly defined in a template or at run-time. |
| Other contributors | Vebjørn Arntzen, Oslo University Hospital, Norway |
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