Vital Signs
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Vital signs are an objective measurement for the essential physiological functions of a living organism. It is named "vital" as their measurement and assessment is the critical first step for any clinical evaluation.[1]
Vital signs are indicators of one's health condition and the assurance of proper circulatory, respiratory, neural, and endocrinal functions. Vital signs are a mechanism to universally communicate a patient's condition and severity of the disease.[2] Vital signs are the simplest, cheapest, and probably most important information gathered on hospitalized patients.[3]
Importance of vital signs.
- 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. [1]
- Vital signs help to predict physical therapy indications, contraindications, and outcomes.[4]
- Vital signs are appropriate to characterize or quantify cardiovascular and pulmonary signs and symptoms as part of an assessment of aerobic capacity and endurance.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sapra A, Malik A, Bhandari P. Vital Sign Assessment. InStatPearls [Internet] 2019 Dec 28. StatPearls Publishing.
- ↑ Teixeira CC, Boaventura RP, Souza AC, Paranaguá TT, Bezerra AL, Bachion MM, Brasil VV. Vital signs measurement: an indicator of safe care delivered to elderly patients. Texto & Contexto-Enfermagem. 2015 Dec;24(4):1071-8.
- ↑ Brekke IJ, Puntervoll LH, Pedersen PB, Kellett J, Brabrand M. The value of vital sign trends in predicting and monitoring clinical deterioration: A systematic review. PloS one. 2019 Jan 15;14(1):e0210875.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Thistle VG, Basskin AL, Shamus E, Jeffreys-Heil R. Clinical decision making regarding the use of vital signs in physical therapy. Pediatrics. 2016;1:5-9.
