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Vital Signs in Pediatrics PDF

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Vital Signs

in Pediatrics
Heart Rate (beats/min)
AGE RATE
Infant (1-12 months) 100 - 160
Toddler (1-3 years) 90 - 150
Preschooler (3-5 years) 80 - 140
School-age child (5-11 years) 70 - 120
Adolescent (11-18 years) 60 - 100

Respiratory Rate (breaths/min)


AGE RATE

Infant (1-12 months) 30 - 60

Toddler (1-3 years) 24 - 40


Preschooler (3-5 years) 22 - 34
School-age child (5-11 years) 18 - 30
Adolescent (11-18 years) 12 - 16

Definition of Hypotension by Systolic Blood Pressure and Age


AGE SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE
Term neonates (0 to 28 days) <60 mm Hg
Infants (1 to 12 months) <70 mm Hg

Children 1 to 10 years <70 mm Hg +


(5th BP percentile) (age in years x 2) mm Hg
Children >10 years <90 mm Hg

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