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Measuring Vital Signs
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2015
Source: Meghan Fashjian, ACNP-BC, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA The vital signs are objective measurements of a patient's clinical status. There are five commonly accepted vital signs: blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation. In many practices, pain is considered the sixth vital sign and should regularly be documented in the same location as the other vital signs. However, the pain scale is a subjective measurement and, therefore, has a...
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Monitoring of Systemic and Hepatic Hemodynamic Parameters in Mice
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2014
This film demonstrates how to acquire systemic and hepatic hemodynamics in mice. The whole monitoring includes acquisition of vital parameters, systemic blood pressure, central venous pressure, common hepatic artery flow rate, and portal vein pressure as well as the portal flow rate in mice.
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Imaging Vital and Non-vital Brain Pericytes in Brain Slices following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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2023
The preliminary inquiry confirms that subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes brain pericyte demise. Evaluating pericyte contractility post-SAH requires differentiation between viable and non-viable brain pericytes. Hence, a procedure has been developed to label viable and non-viable brain pericytes concurrently in brain sections, facilitating observation using a high-resolution confocal microscope.
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Multisystem Monitoring in Rabbit Model: A Method to Assess Neuro-Cardiac and Respiratory Parameters to Study the Oral Drug-induced Triggers for Arrhythmia and Seizures
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2025
In this video, we describe simultaneous recording of video, EEG, ECG and respiratory cues in a rabbit model in response to orally administered drug to understand the sequence of events leading to seizure. The model can be used for testing potential drugs for their neuro-cardiac safety.
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Introduction to Vital Signs
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2025
Vital signs are physiological measurements that help key into the status of the body's essential functions. These include body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure, commonly abbreviated as T, P, R, and BP. Some healthcare settings also consider oxygen saturation (SpO2) and, in specific contexts, pain and level of consciousness as additional vital signs. Vital signs help healthcare professionals assess an individual's well-being and detect any functional changes or...
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Repeated readings reveal trends that a single observation cannot show. Tracking temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation over time helps distinguish a transient measurement from a sustained change. In infection research, that temporal pattern can strengthen assessment of systemic responses, disease progression, or possible clinical deterioration and changes associated with intervention.
Each parameter samples a different physiological dimension: temperature reflects thermoregulatory status, heart rate and blood pressure describe cardiovascular responses, and respiratory rate and oxygen saturation characterize respiratory status. Considering these measurements together provides a broader picture than relying on one value, which is particularly relevant when infection produces systemic changes across more than one physiological system.
Sensors and clinical instruments convert physiological functions into measurable values that can be recorded and compared. Their role is not merely technical: consistent measurement supports more reliable evaluation across repeated observations, laboratory studies, and clinical studies. Because the monitored variables represent cardiovascular, respiratory, and thermoregulatory responses, instrument-based data connect observed physiological change with the biological status under investigation.
A useful monitoring workflow applies the same set of physiological measurements repeatedly, records the resulting values, and examines their direction and pattern over time. This approach emphasizes change rather than an isolated number. In infection studies, such longitudinal information can help relate physiological trends to pathogen-associated responses, progression, or changes during evaluation.
Vital Parameter Monitoring is relevant when investigators need to assess how infection affects the whole organism rather than a single immune or microbial measurement. Repeated physiological data can help identify systemic responses to pathogens and follow disease progression. In clinical or laboratory research, these observations add a functional health perspective to studies focused on immunology and infection.
Changes in monitored parameters can be compared during studies of treatment or vaccination to evaluate associated physiological responses. Temperature, oxygen saturation, and circulation-related measures may show whether health status is changing while an intervention is assessed. The value lies in consistent serial observations, which support more standardized comparisons across the study and help flag deterioration.