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Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign

Olivier Steichen, Gilles Grateau and Eric Bouvard
Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02164.x
Published online: 3 November 2008

To the Editor: Cretikos et al make a strong case for routinely recording patients’ respiratory rate (RR) in acute wards.1


  • 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, Paris, France.
  • 2 Department of Geriatrics, Hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, Paris, France.



  • 1. Cretikos MA, Bellomo R, Hillman K, et al. Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 657-659. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Charlson M, Szatrowski TP, Peterson J, Gold J. Validation of a combined comorbidity index. J Clin Epidemiol 1994; 47: 1245-1251.

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