title: Respiratory assessment as part of track and trigger.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coote
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation; D007040:Hypoventilation; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010808:Physical Examination; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000503:physiopathology*