RR

The respiratory rate (RR). The unit used is breaths per minute.

For ICU collection,select the the value which gives you the highest score regardless of whether a patient is ventilated or not.

For direct transfers to Medicine via the ER use the first respiratory rate taken and recorded on the Triage record.

Refer to General Collection Guidelines for Apache II#When to collect, which value to use for how and when to collect this.

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• (>=2 And <=95)