Respiratory assessment as part of track and trigger.
The respiratory system's primary function is to provide oxygen to all the cells of the body for metabolism and to eliminate the by-product of this metabolism, carbon dioxide (Tortora and Grabowski, 2002). In this article (part three of four) we aim to explore respiratory rate and related care.
Docherty
Brendan
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The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Coote
Steven
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D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation; D007040:Hypoventilation; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010808:Physical Examination; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000503:physiopathology*