How is my patient doing? Evaluating hospitalized patients using continuous vital signs monitoring

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 382-384

  Zimlichman, Eyal ^a,c   Szyper Kravitz, Martine ^a,c   Unterman, Avraham ^a,c   Goldman, Anny ^a,c   Levkovich, Shiraz ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Earlysense LTD   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Pneumonia; Respiration; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CREATININE; PENICILLIN G; UREA;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; THORAX PAIN; VITAL SIGN;

HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION;

EID: 69249130568     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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