All issues > Volume 25(8); 1982

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(8):759-768. Published online August 31, 1982.

Normal ECG Standard for Children in Korea: 1st report : in neonatal period.

H Lee, G J Choi, Y H Song, M H Chung, D W Lee, S Y Chang

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Normal ECG standards of 700 healthy neonates, who were born at Hanyang University Hospital from August 1981 to April 1982, were determined, by authors, according to the following items : Heart rate, Frontal plane QRS axis angle, PR interva. QRS duration, QT interval, P wave duration, P wave amplitude, S wave amplitude, Ventricular activation time(VAT), and QRS transitional zone in standarsd 12ECG leads and V3R. The neonate were classfied according to the age : group l: within 24 hours, ll: 1-3 days, lll: 1-3 days, lV:1-4 weeks. For each items, the mean values and percentiles (2, 5, 25, 50, 75, 95, 98 percentile)were obtained.

Keywords :ECG normal standards;Neonate;Korean