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

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    Vital signs are measurements of the body’s basic functions. The vital signs doctors typically measure and monitor are: body temperature. heart rate (the rate of your heartbeat) respiratory rate ...

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

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    The bottom line. MAP is an important measurement that accounts for flow, resistance, and pressure within your arteries. It allows doctors to evaluate how well blood flows through your body and ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Early warning score - Wikipedia

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    An early warning score (EWS) is a guide used by medical services to quickly determine the degree of illness of a patient. It is based on the vital signs (respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, blood pressure, pulse / heart rate, AVPU response). [1] Scores were developed in the late 1990s when studies showed that in-hospital ...

  6. Mean arterial pressure - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is an average calculated blood pressure in an individual during a single cardiac cycle. [1] Although methods of estimating MAP vary, a common calculation is to take one-third of the pulse pressure (the difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures), and add that amount to the diastolic pressure.

  7. 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 ...

  8. What Is Telemetry Monitoring? - WebMD

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    Telemetry monitoring is a method used to track your heart health when you’re in the hospital. It helps observe your heart rhythms over a long period to identify any problems. It also helps ...

  9. What Your Child’s Heart Rate and Other Vital Signs Tell You

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    How to Read Your Child’s Vital Signs. Your child’s vital signs can give you important health clues. Many things can affect the numbers. But if they’re outside the normal range, it could be a ...