- Interpreting Critical Vital Signs - CanadiEM
Vital signs are a valuable source of information about a patient’s status early on in their encounter in the ED It is important to cast a wide net when investigating why a patient’s vital signs may be abnormal and to consider a variety of systems Medications can influence a number of vital signs by either causing an abnormality or masking
- Vital Sign Assessment - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
The degree of vital sign abnormalities may also predict the long-term patient health outcomes, return emergency department visits, and frequency of readmission to hospitals, and utilization of healthcare resources Traditionally, the vital signs consist of temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate
- The value of vital sign trends in predicting and monitoring . . .
This is mainly caused by inadequate recording of vital signs or as a result of an inappropriate response to abnormal values [1, 14–16] Among nurses and doctors there is insufficient knowledge and appreciation of vital sign changes and their implications for patient care [ 17 – 20 ]
- 15. 3: Vital Signs - Medicine LibreTexts
Vital signs are gathered during the initial encounter with the patient to establish a baseline and routinely thereafter, according to condition, to assess disease progression or resolution When vital signs are abnormal, a patient’s plan of care is typically altered
- Vital Signs - Physiopedia
Vital signs play an important role in emergency departments (ED) and on the wards, to determine patients at risk of deterioration The degree of vital sign abnormalities may also predict the long-term patient health outcomes, return emergency room visits, and frequency of readmission to hospitals, and utilization of healthcare resources
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