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Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition ext-R2-MedicationOrder.dos.dose

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		0..1	Extension(4.3.0)	DSTU2: Amount of medication per dose additional types
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/1.0/StructureDefinition/extension-MedicationOrder.dosageInstruction.dose"
value[x]		0..1		Amount of medication per dose
valueRange			Range
valueQuantity			Quantity(SimpleQuantity)
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  "id": "ext-R2-MedicationOrder.dos.dose",
  "text": {
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  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/1.0/StructureDefinition/extension-MedicationOrder.dosageInstruction.dose",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "name": "ExtensionMedicationOrder_DosageInstruction_Dose",
  "title": "DSTU2: Amount of medication per dose additional types",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2026-03-17T21:02:03.8104715+00:00",
  "publisher": "FHIR Infrastructure",
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        "short": "DSTU2: Amount of medication per dose additional types",
        "definition": "DSTU2: `MedicationOrder.dosageInstruction.dose[x]` additional types (Range, Quantity[http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SimpleQuantity]) additional types from child elements (high, low, code, comparator, system, unit, value)",
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