"Vital Signs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The signs of life that may be monitored or measured, namely pulse rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, and blood pressure.
| Descriptor ID |
D055986
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Vital Signs- Vital Signs
- Sign, Vital
- Signs, Vital
- Vital Sign
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vital Signs" by people in Profiles.
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Picard RW, Boyer EW. Smartwatch biomarkers and the path to clinical use. Med. 2021 07 09; 2(7):797-799.
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Kovell LC, Harrington CM, Michos ED. Update on Blood Pressure Control Among US Adults With Hypertension. JAMA. 2021 02 09; 325(6):586-587.
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Rice B, Leanza J, Mowafi H, Thadeus Kamara N, Mugema Mulogo E, Bisanzo M, Nikam K, Kizza H, Newberry JA, Strehlow M, Kohn M. Defining High-risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data-driven Triage for Low- and Middle-income Countries. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 12; 27(12):1291-1301.
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Doctor A, Cholette JM, Remy KE, Argent A, Carson JL, Valentine SL, Bateman ST, Lacroix J. Recommendations on RBC Transfusion in General Critically Ill Children Based on Hemoglobin and/or Physiologic Thresholds From the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 09; 19(9S Suppl 1):S98-S113.
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Bade-Boon J, Mathew JK, Fitzgerald MC, Mitra B. Do patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury present to hospital with unstable vital signs? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Emerg Med J. 2018 Apr; 35(4):231-237.
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Welch J, Kanter B, Skora B, McCombie S, Henry I, McCombie D, Kennedy R, Soller B. Multi-parameter vital sign database to assist in alarm optimization for general care units. J Clin Monit Comput. 2016 Dec; 30(6):895-900.
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Reisner AT, Khitrov MY, Chen L, Blood A, Wilkins K, Doyle W, Wilcox S, Denison T, Reifman J. Development and validation of a portable platform for deploying decision-support algorithms in prehospital settings. Appl Clin Inform. 2013; 4(3):392-402.
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Tee JW, Chan PC, Gruen RL, Fitzgerald MC, Liew SM, Cameron PA, Rosenfeld JV. Early predictors of mortality after spine trauma: a level 1 Australian trauma center study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Jan 15; 38(2):169-77.
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Andrzejewski C, Popovsky MA, Stec TC, Provencher J, O'Hearn L, Visintainer P, Steingrub J. Hemotherapy bedside biovigilance involving vital sign values and characteristics of patients with suspected transfusion reactions associated with fluid challenges: can some cases of transfusion-associated circulatory overload have proinflammatory aspects? Transfusion. 2012 Nov; 52(11):2310-20.
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Palm K, Simoneau T, Sawicki G, Rhein L. Assessment of current strategies for weaning premature infants from supplemental oxygen in the outpatient setting. Adv Neonatal Care. 2011 Oct; 11(5):349-56.