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When patients are admitted to hospital for elective surgery or non-urgent conditions, their vital signs are only monitored every four hours, unless they have been identified as being at high risk of deterioration.
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Meaning of "vital signs" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VITAL SIGNS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VITAL SIGNS

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Vital signs is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VITAL SIGNS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

vital signs

Vital signs

Vital signs are measures of various physiological statistics, often taken by health professionals, in order to assess the most basic body functions. Vital signs are an essential part of a case presentation. The act of taking vital signs normally entails recording body temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate, but may also include other measurements. Vital signs often vary by age.

Definition of vital signs in the English dictionary

The definition of vital signs in the dictionary is indications that a person is still alive. Vital signs include a heartbeat, a pulse that can be felt, breathing, and body temperature.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VITAL SIGNS

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vitalism
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vitalistically
vitalities
vitality
vitalization
vitalize
vitalizer
vitally
vitalness

WORDS THAT END LIKE VITAL SIGNS

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instructions
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means
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Synonyms and antonyms of vital signs in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «vital signs» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VITAL SIGNS

Find out the translation of vital signs to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vital signs from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vital signs» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生命体征
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los signos vitales
570 millions of speakers

English

vital signs
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महत्वपूर्ण संकेत
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العلامات الحيوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жизненно важных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sinais vitais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ চিহ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

signes vitaux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tanda-tanda penting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vital
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バイタルサイン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

활력 징후
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pratandha penting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

các dấu hiệu sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கிய அறிகுறிகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

महत्वाच्या चिन्हे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayati bulgular
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

segni vitali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

życiowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

життєво важливих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semnelor vitale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζωτικών σημείων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vitale tekens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vitala
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vitale tegn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vital signs

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VITAL SIGNS»

The term «vital signs» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VITAL SIGNS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vital signs

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2 QUOTES WITH «VITAL SIGNS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vital signs.
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Eric Topol
Where today people surf the Web and check their e-mail on their cell phones, tomorrow they will be checking their vital signs.
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Chris Toumazou
When patients are admitted to hospital for elective surgery or non-urgent conditions, their vital signs are only monitored every four hours, unless they have been identified as being at high risk of deterioration.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VITAL SIGNS»

Discover the use of vital signs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vital signs and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vital Signs
Pediatrician Melissa Blumenthal will try any scientific method available to conceive--until the horrible secrets of an urban clinic erupt in a nightmare of staggering proportions...
Robin Cook, 1992
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Vital Signs
A pediatrician desperately wanting to conceive a baby investigates an urban fertilization clinic and uncovers a horrible conspiracy that is using medical nightmares to toy with people's lives
Robin Cook, 1992
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Vital Signs: Stories from Intensive Care
This gripping collection of stories about the experiences of intensive care patients, their families and carers, is about ordinary people facing terrible tragedies and the ways they cope with them.
Ken Hillman, 2009
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Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis
This anthology examines not so much on the population's physical predicament. With so many of the Earth's systems severely stressed and beginning to fail, the focus is people's psychological predicament.
Mary-Jayne Rust, Nick Totten, 2012
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Vital Signs: Medical Realism in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Vital Signs offers both a compelling reinterpretation of the nineteenth-century novel and a methodological challenge to literary historians.
Lawrence Rothfield, 1994
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Vital Signs for Nurses: An Introduction to Clinical Observations
A must-have for health care assistants, student nurses or newly qualified registered nurses working within any health care environment, this book explores not only how to assess and monitor patients, but also covers: Legal and ethical ...
Joyce Smith, Rachel Roberts, 2011
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Vital Signs: Feminist Reconfigurations of the Bio/logical Body
From anorexia, sexuality, skin, pregnancy, the mouth, menstruation, biopsychiatry, and male hysteria, to the heart, this work examines the relationships between feminism, the body and biomedicine.
Margrit Shildrick, Janet Price, 1998
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Vital Signs: A Play
Vital Signs wowed audiences at the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where it was directed of Jon Jory whose notes are published with the play. "Vital and original." N.Y. Times.
Jane Martin, 1990
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Vital Signs: Nature, Culture, Psychoanalysis
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Charles Shepherdson, 2000
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Vital signs: essential AIDS fiction
Contains top-selected literary works inspired by or reflecting the AIDS epidemic, in an anthology that includes Andrew Holleran's depiction of a group of New Yorkers whose lives are irrevocably changed by the disease, Ann Beattie's tale of ...
Richard Canning, Dale Peck, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VITAL SIGNS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vital signs is used in the context of the following news items.
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'I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him': Woman meets donor who …
Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. Boston (CNN) In all honesty, Stuart Phillips had forgotten about it. «CNN, Jun 15»
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Automated vital signs monitor can prevent bleeding to death
"Our study demonstrated that automated analysis of patients' vital signs during prehospital transport was significantly better at discriminating between patients ... «UPI.com, May 15»
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City of Lincoln Vital Signs Report Released
Lincoln, Neb.-- Lincoln Vital Sign 2015 report was released to the public to give an overview of what's going on in the city. It measures seven categories: ... «1011now, May 15»
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Wireless router could silently monitor vital signs
Without using any wearable body sensors, the wireless router can hone in on the slightest of movements -- silently measuring vital signs as a person stands, sits ... «UPI.com, Apr 15»
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Living with hypersomnia: The woman who slept, but got no rest
Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) You know the feeling -- groggy and tired, not fully ... «CNN, Apr 15»
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Camera-Based Monitoring of Vital Signs Improved
HOUSTON, April 8, 2015 — Refined signal processing allows video cameras to monitor vital signs regardless of ambient lighting and the subject's skin color. «Photonics.com, Apr 15»
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Monitoring patients' vital signs using a touch-free video system
“It improved the accuracy of derived vital signs, rapidly expanding the scope, viability, reach and utility of camera-based vital-sign monitoring.” By incorporating ... «Scope, Apr 15»
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Does this beach paradise hold the secret to long life?
Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. (CNN) Jose Guevara lives with his family on a small farm. He has spent ... «CNN, Mar 15»
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Star Trek-Style Device Reads Vital Signs in Seconds
The legendary Tricorder from Star Trek could soon become a reality, delivering a complete reading of your vital signs in a matter of seconds. The product, called ... «Discovery News, Feb 15»
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'Instagram for doctors' lets medics share photos to solve mystery cases
Vital Signs is a monthly program bringing viewers health stories from around the world. (CNN) The idea is at the foundation of social media channels: Seen ... «CNN, Feb 15»

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