Blood Pressure in Normal Full-Term and Premature Infants
- 1 April 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Vol. 111 (4) , 374-+
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1966.02090070072009
Abstract
A modification of the Whitney mercury in-rubber strain gauge is described which is suitable for clinical studies on infants. The systolic blood pressure in full-term infants was 62 mm Hg at 12-24 hr. rising to 76 mm Hg at the end of the 5th day. Systolic blood pressure in premature infants rose from 36 mm Hg on the 1st day to 56 mm Hg at the end of the 1st wk. and attained a value of 76 mm Hg by the 7th week of postnatal life. Systolic pressure in prematures was related to weight and postnatal age but not to gestational age. Systolic blood pressure in normal full term and premature infants did not vary with thermal conditions.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Flush Blood Pressure and Intra-Arterial PressureAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1964