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Raised respiratory rate in elderly patients: a valuable physical sign.

Measurements of respiratory rate in 82 long-stay patients aged 67-101 years yielded a normal range of 16-25 breaths a minute. In a prospective study of 60 consecutive acute admissions to a geriatric unit, 19 out of 21 patients diagnosed as lower respiratory tract infections had respiratory rates abo...

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Main Authors: McFadden, J P, Price, R C, Eastwood, H D, Briggs, R S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1982
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1496225/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6802262
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