Vital Signs: Temperature Checking


When measured together with other vital signs, body temperature can help paint an overall picture of a patient’s health and assess circulatory, respiratory, neural and endocrine functioning (Physiopedia n.d.).
Vital signs are highly useful as they are a simple and cost-effective way of gathering information about a patient’s essential physiological functions (Physiopedia n.d.).
Measuring a patient’s temperature is specifically useful for identifying possible fever, hyperthermiaor hypothermia (Lapum et al. 2018).
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