Parkes Racheal
Birmingham City Hospital.
Emerg Nurse. 2011 May;19(2):12-7; quiz 18. doi: 10.7748/en2011.05.19.2.12.c8504.
Respiratory rate is an early indicator of physiological deterioration and should be recorded with other vital signs in patients who present to emergency departments. This article highlights the importance of recording patients' respiratory rates and describes their place in initial patient assessments. It also reviews findings from an audit of ED patients' notes over a short period to discover whether their respiratory rates had been recorded. These support the results of similar studies in the literature, which show that, despite their importance, respiration rates are documented less often than other vital signs.
呼吸频率是生理恶化的早期指标，在前往急诊科就诊的患者中，应与其他生命体征一起记录。本文强调了记录患者呼吸频率的重要性，并描述了其在患者初始评估中的地位。它还回顾了短期内对急诊科患者病历进行审核的结果，以发现他们的呼吸频率是否已被记录。这些结果支持了文献中类似研究的结果，即尽管呼吸频率很重要，但与其他生命体征相比，其记录频率较低。
