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  2. File:Making Health Care Safer-CDC Vital Signs-March 2012.pdf

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    Original file (1,275 × 1,650 pixels, file size: 1.25 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 4 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  3. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Visual acuity with Near chart without correctors Visual acuity with eye chart at Near 15.7 inches (400 mm) and without (sc: Latin sine correctore) correctors (spectacles); Ncc is with (cc: Latin cum correctore) correctors. See Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: VA OS Left visual acuity VA OD Right visual acuity VDU Visual display unit VF Visual field

  4. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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    The "fifth vital sign" may refer to a few different parameters. Pain is considered a standard fifth vital sign in some organizations, such as the U.S. Veterans Affairs. [16] Pain is measured on a 0–⁠10 pain scale based on subjective patient reporting and may be unreliable. [17] Some studies show that recording pain routinely may not change ...

  5. Orthostatic vital signs - Wikipedia

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    Orthostatic vital signs are also taken after surgery. [7] A patient is considered to have orthostatic hypotension when the systolic blood pressure falls by more than 20 mm Hg, the diastolic blood pressure falls by more than 10 mm Hg, or the pulse rises by more than 20 beats per minute within 3 minutes of standing [5] [7]

  6. Medical device - Wikipedia

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    This article needs to be updated.The reason given is: the section related to E.U. needs further updates (esp. in sections 3.2 and 4.2.2) as the directives 93/42/EEC on medical devices and 90/385/EEC on active implantable medical devices have been fully repealed on 26 May 2021 by Regulation (EU) no. 2017/745 (MDR); furthermore, Brexit triggers updates in these sections (U.K. developed their own ...

  7. Vital Sign Alert System - Wikipedia

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    Vital Sign Alert System is an alert system designed by nurses at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. [when?] The alert system, which replaced an ineffective early warning scoring (EWS) system, is a unique creation designed specifically to enhance patient monitoring on medical–surgical and step-down nursing units without increasing the nurse's workload.

  8. List of instruments used in ophthalmology - Wikipedia

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    a 26 gauge needle bent twice used for incising the anterior capsule of the lens in lens extraction Wire vectis: a loop of wire attached to a stack used to extract cataract affected lenses Irrigating vectis: a small hollow instrument with a used to introduce fluid into the anterior chamber to raise its pressure to aid cataract extraction [2] Canula

  9. Vital signs (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Vital signs are basic measures of life and good health frequently examined in ...