vitals

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About 35 minutes in, Lamphere’s vitals started spiking; her heart rate quickened, she grew hot, her pupils dilated, she began grinding her teeth.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

In Northern California, Kaiser Permanente’s 21 hospitals use a system that analyzes all patients’ vitals and charts and scores them every hour to determine which patients are at highest risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Recent financial trends confirm healthy vitals, a stark contrast to what the stock price collapse might otherwise imply.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

To be clear, mind reading isn’t one of the cyborg’s features, although part of its job as a security unit is to monitor its human clients’ vitals.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

I was experiencing an ordeal: a hand of fiery iron grasped my vitals.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë