ARCHETYPE Relative anatomical location (openEHR-EHR-CLUSTER.anatomical_location_relative.v2)

ARCHETYPE IDopenEHR-EHR-CLUSTER.anatomical_location_relative.v2
ConceptRelative anatomical location
DescriptionA physical site on or within the human body that is described in terms of its relationship to other body parts.
UseUse to record structured and consistent details about a single identified physical site on, or within, the human body by describing its location in relation to identified macroscopic anatomical landmarks. It may be necessary to describe the single physical location using more than one relative location - for example, 2 cm inferior to 'landmark A' AND 3 cm medial to 'landmark B'. In practice, some archetypes carry a single data element for carrying a simple description of body site - for example, OBSERVATION.blood_pressure and CLUSTER.symptom when describing ear pain. In this situation, where the value set is predictable and simple to define, this single data element is a very accurate and pragmatic way to record the site in the body and to query at a later date. However in the situation where the anatomical location is not well defined or needs to be determined at run-time, it may be more flexible to use this structured archetype. This archetype is specifically designed to be used within the context of any appropriate ENTRY or CLUSTER archetypes which supply the context of the identified body site, including insertion within the CLUSTER.anatomical_location if 'Body site name' or other data elements are also required. Clinical use cases: - 5 cm inferior to the left tibial tuberosity; - 2 cm medial to the right nipple; and - 5 cm within the anal opening. In the situation where the CLUSTER.anatomical_location can only be used to name a large and/or non-specific body part, the use of this archetype within the 'Alternative Structure' SLOT will support recording of a more precise location - for example, 2 cm anterior to the cubital fossa of the left forearm or 4 cm below R costal margin on the chest wall in the mid-clavicular line.
MisuseNot to be used to record 'unilateral' and 'bilateral', as these terms are qualifiers for conclusions rather than anatomical locations. Not to be used to specify a simple location of a named physical site in the body. Not to be used to specify a simple location of a named physical site in the body, such as left femur or medial aspect of nose. Use the CLUSTER.anatomical_location archetype for this purpose. Not to be used to represent location of anatomical features at the microscopic level, for example in reporting histopathology. Use a CLUSTER archetype for histopathology nested within the OBSERVATION.laboratory_test_result archetype for this purpose.
PurposeTo identify and record structured details about a single physical site on, or within, the human body in terms of its relationship to other macroscopic anatomical landmarks.
References
Copyright© openEHR Foundation
AuthorsAuthor name: Heather Leslie
Organisation: Atomica Informatics
Email: heather.leslie@atomicainformatics.com
Date originally authored: 2008-11-10
Other Details LanguageAuthor name: Heather Leslie
Organisation: Atomica Informatics
Email: heather.leslie@atomicainformatics.com
Date originally authored: 2008-11-10
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Keywordslocation, site, anatomical, relative, approximate, anatomic region, topographic anatomy, macroscopic anatomy, macroscopic, anatomic, anatomy
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Language useden
Citeable Identifier1013.1.4863
Revision Number2.0.1
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Vebjoern Arntzen, Oslo university hospital, Norway
Koray Atalag, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Gustavo Bacelar-Silva, Healthcare Designs, Brazil (openEHR Editor)
Silje Ljosland Bakke, Nasjonal ICT Norway, Norway (openEHR Editor)
Lars Bitsch-Larsen, Haukeland University hospital, Norway
Aitor Eguzkitza, UPNA (Public University of Navarre) - CHN (Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra), Spain
Shahla Foozonkhah, Ocean Informatics, Australia
Einar Fosse, National Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Norway
Sebastian Garde, Ocean Informatics, Germany
Heather Grain, Llewelyn Grain Informatics, Australia
Dunmail Hodkinson, Black Pear Software Ltd, UK
Lars Karlsen, DIPS ASA, Norway
Shinji Kobayashi, Kyoto University, Japan
Sabine Leh, Haukeland University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Norway
Heather Leslie, Atomica Informatics, Australia (openEHR Editor)
Vesna Levasic, Orthopaedic Hospital Valdoltra, Slovenia
Hallvard Lærum, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Luis Marco Ruiz, Norwegian Center for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Norway
Ian McNicoll, freshEHR Clinical Informatics, United Kingdom (openEHR Editor)
Bjoern Naess, DIPS ASA, Norway
Andrej Orel, Marand d.o.o., Slovenia
Rowan Thomas, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia
Richard Townley-O'Neill, NEHTA, Australia
John Tore Valand, Helse Bergen, Norway
Dmitri Wall, Irish Skin Foundation, Ireland, originalLanguage=en, translators=
  • Swedish: Linda Aulin, Region Stockholm, Karolinska University Hospital, linda.aulin@sll.se
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lars Bitsch-Larsen, Haukeland University Hospital of Bergen, Norway, lbla@helse-bergen.no, MD, DEAA, MBA, spec in anesthesia, spec in tropical medicine.
  • Portuguese (Brazil): Beatriz de Faria Leao, BLEAO INFORMÁTICA EM SAÚDE, bfleao@terra.com.br, MD, PhD
  • Arabic (Syria): Mona Saleh
  • Slovenian: Biljana Princic
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