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Pediatric vital signs : recording methods and interpretations Andrew

Recording pediatric vital signs can be an important part oF the physical and emotional evaluation o[ the child dental patient. These records are accomplished easily iF the practitioner understands the methods of recording, the normal standards, and the common causes o[ abnormal vital signs. This paper contains methods For measuring blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiratory rate in chi...

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Vital Signs: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

BACKGROUND Enterobacteriaceae are a family of bacteria that commonly cause infections in health-care settings as well as in the community. Among Enterobacteriaceae, resistance to broad-spectrum carbapenem antimicrobials has been uncommon. Over the past decade, however, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been recognized in health-care settings as a cause of difficult-to-treat inf...

Vital Signs: Foodborne Norovirus Outbreaks

Introduction: Norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis and foodborne disease in the United States, causing an estimated one in 15 U.S. residents to become ill each year as well as 56,000–71,000 hospitalizations and 570–800 deaths, predominantly among young children and the elderly. Whereas noroviruses often spread through person-to-person contact, foodborne transmission can cause...

Vital signs: Vital for surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest?