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Blood Pressure Standards for Normal ChildrenAs Determined Under Office ConditionsFrom the Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 1434 Chambers Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63135, Department of Pediatrics of St. Louis Labor Health Institute, aided in part by the United Arthur Fund of Arthur, Illinois Standards for auscultatory blood pressure determinations under office conditions in 120 three-year olds are given here, to supple ment standards published previously for children aged four through 15. Discussed also are suggested thresholds for diagnosing hypertension; improved methods of obtaining reliable pressure readings in three-year olds; and some relationships of blood pressure to weight and height.
Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 7, No. 7,
400-403 (1968) This article has been cited by other articles:
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