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Table 2 Summary of vital signs recorded by the emergency services

From: Laboratory markers of cardiac and metabolic complications after generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Feature

Systolic blood pressure

Heart rate

Oxymetric SpO2

Availabe n

192 (85.6%)

194 (87%)

188 (84.3%)

Class

Hypotension <100 mmHg: 4 (2.1%)

Bradycardia <60 bpm: 2 (1%)

Normoxia 91–100% SpO2: 177 (94.1%)

Normotension 100–140 mmHg: 110 (57.3%)

Normocardia 60–100 bpm: 108 (55.7%)

Mild hypoxia 86–90% SpO2: 6 (3.2%)

Hypertension 140–180 mmHg: 59 (30.7%)

Tachycardia >100 bpm: 80 (41.2%)

Moderate hypoxia 71–85% SpO2: 3 (1.3%)

Hypert. Emergency >180 mmHg: 15 (7.8%)

Critical tachycardia > (220-age): 2 (1%)

Critical hypoxia <71% SpO2: 2 (1.1%)

Mean

140.75 mmHg

101.5 bpm

95.8% SpO2

SD

27.9 mmHg

20.3 bpm

5.2% SpO2

Med,

140 mmHg

100 bpm

97% SpO2

Range

80–250 mmHg

54–160 bpm

50–100 SpO2