| A Study on Noninvasive Measurement of Blood Pressure in Normal Newborn. |
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Eun Hee Lee, Ran Namgung, Chul Lee, Dong Gwan Han |
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Departmentof Pediatrics, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul Korea |
| 비관혈적 방법에 의한 신생아
혈압측정에 관한연구 |
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이은희, 남궁란, 이철, 한동관 |
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연세대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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Received: 25 February 1989 • Accepted: 20 April 1989 |
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| Abstract |
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Measurement of blood pressure in neonate is an important diagnostic procedure. But measurement
of blood pressure were not performed routinely because of difficulty in measuring blood pressure and
variable normal range according to measuring apparatus.
Recently some accurate and convinient apparatuses of measuring blood pressure have been
introduced in neonatal care, so normal blood pressure values of neonate are needed.
In this study, we establish the normal range of blood pressure in neonates and compared the right
and left upper extremity, and upper and lower extremity blood pressures.
We examined 300 newborns, aging one day to seven day, delivered in Severance Hospital using two
oscillometric device.
The results could be summerized as the followings:
1) Mean values of systolic pressure measurements were as follows:
Rt. upper extremity, 73.1 ±7.7 mmHg (range 54.3—97.0 mmHg); Lt. upper extremity, 71.8 ±7.2
mmHg (range 49.3—96.0 mmHg); Lt. lower extremity, 75.7±8.2 mmHg (range 52.0—99.0 mmHg).
Mean values of diastolic pressure were as follows: Rt. upper extremity, 42.4 ±7.4 mmHg (range 25.
3—68.7 mmHg); Lt. upper extremity, 42.9±7.1 mmHg (range 24.0—69.0 mmHg); Lt. lower extremity,
41.8 ±6.2 mmHg (range 28.0—63.0 mmHg).
2) Daily measurement of systolic, diastolic and mean pressures of four limbs showed steady rise
during first week of life.
3) Systolic, diastolic and mean pressures between Rt. and Lt. upper extremity showed no significant
difference.
4) Systolic pressures of lower extremities were significantly higher than upper extremities, but in
diastolic and mean pressures there were no significant difference between upper and lower extrem-
ities. |
| Key Words:
Blood pressure measurement, Newborn |
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