Compared to high-tech medical tests, measuring a person’s vital signs is relatively simple, requiring some basic medical equipment—a thermometer,stethoscope, blood pressure cuff—and a stopwatch or other timing device. The information obtained can, in some cases, be a matter of life and death...
To the Editor: Age-specific normal limits for a number of vital signs and physiological parameters have not been established in the elderly population. The limits for younger adults are not always applicable because of age-associated physiological changes and the increase of inter-individual ...
To determine whether torso CT can be avoided in patients who experience high-energy blunt trauma but have normal vital signs. High-energy blunt trauma pati
Respiration rate measurement How to measure respiration rate? How does cosinuss° measure vital signs? Author and reference information Overview Unit Breaths per minute (min-1) Normal values (approx.) Newborns 30-50 Infants 20-40 Toddlers 20-30 Children 18-24 Adults 12-16. Measurement methods Ma...
Normal blood pressure ranges for children typically start at lower levels than adults and gradually rise as they grow. It can vary based on their age, sex, and height. Therefore, it’s essential to compare a child’s readings with age, gender, and height percentiles to determine if their ...
Depending on age, a certain maximum heart rate should not be exceeded during sports. A rough rule of thumb for healthy adults is: pulse rate of 220 minus age. Thus, a healthy 40-year-old should not permanently exceed a pulse rate of 180, while a 60-year-old should only go up to 16...
In evaluating emotional disorders, as in evaluating physical vital signs, the word normal obviously has a number of meanings. Assuming that we have taken a measurement of the patient's emotional pressure by using an anxiety rating scale, how do we interpret the meaning of such a measure? In ...
Blood pressure is one of the vital signs that doctors measure to assess their patients' general health. When the heart pumps blood through the arteries — the tubes that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart — the blood puts pressure on the artery walls. Having blood pressure measures co...
Normal Blood Sugar for Adults with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes The ranges above (blood sugar 80-130 mg/dL fasting, less than 180 mg/dL after eating, A1C below 7%) apply to most adults with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, according to the ADA. However, expect some personalization of these...
In patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, chest X-ray is enormously useful, and for this reason is one of the initial tools used in the diagnostic process. Some classic signs of tuberculosis that can be seen on a chest X-ray are: focal infiltrations of the apical or posterior segmen...