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2. What Are Vital Signs, and Why Are They Important? - Healthline

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   Doctors measure vital signs, like blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature, to understand how a body is functioning and to detect and monitor health issues.

3. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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   Vital signs (also known as vitals) are a group of the four to six most crucial medical signs that indicate the status of the body's vital (life-sustaining) functions. These measurements are taken to help assess the general physical health of a person, give clues to possible diseases, and show progress toward recovery. [1] [2] The normal ranges for a person's vital signs vary with age, weight ...

4. Signs and symptoms - Wikipedia

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   Vital signs are the four signs that can give an immediate measurement of the body's overall functioning and health status. They are temperature, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood pressure. The ranges of these measurements vary with age, weight, gender and with general health. [25]

5. How to Read a Vital Signs Monitor - WebMD

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   What is that beeping? Find out how to read a vital signs monitor and understand when to ignore it and when be concerned.

6. What Is Telemetry Monitoring? - WebMD

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   Healthcare providers closely observe your heart rhythms using a portable telemetry system. It is attached to your body using electrodes, which transmit your vital data to a central monitor for ...

7. Home care - Wikipedia

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   Homecare is also known as domiciliary care, social care or in-home care. [2] [3] It comprises a range of activities, especially paramedical aid by nurses and assistance in daily living for ill, disabled or elderly people. Clients receiving home health care may incur lower costs, receive equal to better care, and have increased satisfaction in ...