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

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    Takeaway. 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. Vital signs are ...

  3. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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    An anesthetic machine with integrated systems for monitoring of several vital parameters, including blood pressure and heart rate. Purpose. assess the general physical health of a person. 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 ...

  4. Electronic health records in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Record and chart changes in vital signs. Record smoking status for patients 13 years old or older. Implement one clinical decision support rule. Report ambulatory quality measures to CMS or the States. Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information upon request. Provide clinical summaries to patients for each office visit.

  5. Monitoring (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Monitoring (medicine) Display device of a medical monitor as used in anesthesia. A patient of an intensive care unit in a German hospital in 2015, with a monitoring screen displaying a graphical electrocardiogram, the heart rate and blood pressure all in real time. In medicine, monitoring is the observation of a disease, condition or one or ...

  6. Critical, Stable, or Fair: Defining Patient Conditions - WebMD

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    The person’s vital signs are unstable and outside of their normal limits. They may be unconscious. The doctor expects the outcome to be poor, or they can’t predict how the person will fare.

  7. Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP): Understanding Readings and Mmore

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    Mean arterial pressure (MAP) is a vital indicator of your heart health and blood flow. Learn how to interpret your MAP readings and what treatments are available for high or low MAP.

  8. How to Read a Vital Signs Monitor - WebMD

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    This usually involves a beeping noise and a flashing color. Many will highlight the problem reading in some way. If one or more vital signs spikes or drops sharply, the alarm may get louder ...

  9. Medical Assistants: What do they do? - WebMD

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    Medical assistants are health care professionals who help doctors in clinics, medical offices, and hospitals. They may make your appointment, take your vital signs, and draw your blood.A medical ...