RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Cunningham, M. Douglas
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Tuttle, Deborah J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107527828
T1 Hypertension
T2 Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 7e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071768016
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107527828
RD 2024/04/23
AB An  infant  has  a  systolic  blood  pressure  (BP)  of  >95  mm  Hg.  Normal  blood  pressure  values  depend  on  the  infant's  gestational  age,  postnatal  age,  and  birthweight.  Hypertension  is  commonly  defined  as  a  BP  >2  standard  deviations  above  normal  values  for  age  and  weight,  but  other  definitions  exist.  The  Task  Force  on  Blood  Pressure  Control  in  Children  defines  hypertension  as  95%  percentile  or  above  on  3  separate  occasions.  For  a  rapid  reference  of  blood  pressure  ranges  for  premature  and  term  infants  see  Table  65–1.  For  estimated  BP  levels  at  the  95th  and  99th  percentiles  in  infants  after  2  weeks  of  age  see  Table  61–1.  For  other  detailed  BP  values  see  Appendix  C.  Normal  blood  pressure  increases  with  birthweight,  gestational  age,  and  postconceptional  age.