Fifth Vital Signs
We have already learnt about normal vital signs, that are taken into consideration while diagnosing a patient's normal physical condition to come into some diagnostic conclusions during physical examination. Normally, vital signs are temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and heart rate. Apart from these normal vital signs, secondarily some vital signs are also taken into consideration are menstrual cycle, Glasgow Coma Scale, pulse oximetry, and blood glucose levels. The knowledge of these secondary vital signs are essential while concluding some advanced diagnostics. We will see about the fifth vital signs one by one. 1. Glasgow Coma Scale or GCS: It is a neurological measure of recording a conscious state of a patient in relation to the assessment of the disease condition. The scores are the lowest of 3 and the maximum of 14 to 15. In common, GCS is calculated in a patient after a head injury to measure the score of consciousness level. 2. P
