Vital Signs

Temperature

  • Fever/Hyperthermia

    • Infection: Rule out upper respiratory infection, pneumonia, UTI, cellulitis

    • Malignancy

    • Systemic rheumatic disease: Rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, etc.

  • Hypothermia

Heart rate

  • Tachycardia

  • Bradycardia

Respiratory rate

  • Tachypnea

  • Bradypnea

Blood Pressure