Ineffectiveness of the measurement of 'routine' vital signs for adult inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia |
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Authors: | Mariani Paul Saeed Musab U Potti Anil Hebert Brian Sholes Kaley Lewis Mary Jo Hanley James F |
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Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. pablik@atlanticbb.net |
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Abstract: | More frequent vital sign evaluation does not result in a statistically significant difference in survival or the number of transfers to the intensive care unit (for progression of disease) after adjusting for age, gender, duration of intravenous antibiotics and comorbid conditions. |
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Keywords: | inappropriate pneumonia vital signs. |
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