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Table 1

From: The monitoring of vital signs on adult medical wards

 

Normal range (A)

> normal range (B)

< normal range (C)

A vs B

A vs C

Temperature

6.43 (5.89–6.97)

3.47 (2.64–4.31)

5.20 (4.05–6.35)

0.000

0.238

Heart rate

6.28 (5.78–6.78)

3.62 (2.70–4.55)

3.06 (0.61–6.74)

0.000

0.056

Blood pressure

5.79 (5.33–6.26)

5.37 (3.09–7.66)

3.63 (2.57–4.69)

0.710

0.126

Respiratory rate

6.29 (5.14–7.45)

5.76 (5.08–6.44)

None recorded

0.380

 

Oxygen saturation

6.15 (5.61–6.71)

Invalid category

4.79 (3.97–5.61)

 

0.000