TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Initial Evaluation of the Patient: Vital Signs and Toxic Syndromes
A1  - Hoffman, Robert S.
A1  - Howland, Mary Ann
A1  - Lewin, Neal A.
A1  - Nelson, Lewis S.
A1  - Goldfrank, Lewis R.
A2  - Hoffman, Robert S.
A2  - Howland, Mary Ann
A2  - Lewin, Neal A.
A2  - Nelson, Lewis S.
A2  - Goldfrank, Lewis R.
PY  - 2015
T2  - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
AB  - For  more  than  200  years,  American  health  care  providers  have  attempted  to  standardize  their  approach  to  the  assessment  of  patients.  At  the  New  York  Hospital  in  1865,  pulse  rate,  respiratory  rate,  and  temperature  were  incorporated  into  the  bedside  chart  and  called  “vital  signs.”6  It  was  not  until  the  early  part  of  the  20th  century,  however,  that  blood  pressure  determination  also  became  routine.  Additional  components  of  the  standard  emergency  assessment,  such  as  oxygen  saturation  by  pulse  oximetry,  capillary  blood  glucose,  and  pain  severity,  are  now  also  beginning  to  be  considered  vital  signs.  Although  assessment  of  oxygen  saturation,  capillary  glucose,  and  pain  severity  are  essential  components  of  the  clinical  evaluation  and  are  important  considerations  throughout  this  text,  they  are  not  discussed  in  this  chapter.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108423764
ER  -