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Vitalness of vital signs, and medical emergency teams
Author(s) -
Cooper D James,
Buist Michael D
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01818.x
Subject(s) - emergency department , intensive care , medicine , nursing , intensive care medicine
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 2 June 2008 188 11 630-631 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2008 www.mja.com.au Editorials An abnormal respiratory rate (high or low) is k highly reliable predictor of life-threatening clinical ever, daily documentation of this simple number in m is remarkably poor. More controversial is the question of how bes systems that use changes in vital signs to trigger respond rapidly and effectively. In recent years, ma Patients’ simple vital signs are a highly reliable predictor of life-threatening clinical events