vital signs
group of the 4-6 important medical signs that indicate the status of the body’s vital functions
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vital signs
Summary
vital signs ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- vital signs is a type of clinical sign[2].
- vital signs's Commons category is recorded as Vital signs[3].
- vital signs comprises blood pressure[4].
- vital signs comprises heart rate[5].
- vital signs comprises respiratory rate[6].
- vital signs comprises body temperature[7].
- vital signs comprises blood oxygen saturation[8].
- vital signs's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[9].
- vital signs's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/VitalSign[10].
- vital signs's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OGMS_0000029[11].
- vital signs's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C154628[12].
Body
Definition and Type
vital signs is a type of clinical sign[2].
Use and Application
Components include blood pressure[4], a biomedical measurand type[13]; heart rate[5], a biomedical measurand type[14]; respiratory rate[6], a biomedical measurand type[15]; body temperature[7]; and blood oxygen saturation[8], a biomedical measurand type[16].
Why It Matters
vital signs ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]