Acutely Ill Patients Will Likely Benefit From More Monitoring, Not Less

To the Editor Applause to Yoder et al¹ and Inouye et al² for drawing attention to the important but infrequently discussed problems of waking up hospitalized patients while they are trying to rest.

The article by Yoder et al¹ suggests checking vital signs less frequently for low-risk patients. However, US patients who are hospitalized nowadays are admitted for increasingly higher-acuity and complex care, as health care clinicians engage in efforts to prevent hospital admissions and pursue outpatient treatment when feasible.