Indirect measurement of blood pressure in neonates and infants utilizing an automatic noninvasive oscillometric monitor. 1981

R H Friesen, and J L Lichtor

An indirect automatic blood pressure (BP) monitor utilizing the oscillometric principle and a microprocessor is now available for use in infants. This device was evaluated by comparing its systolic BP determinations with simultaneous Doppler systolic BP determinations in neonates and infants undergoing general anesthesia. Five determinations each were made in 125 babies who were grouped according to age. Correlation coefficients of the paired BP determinations were: in 27 premature neonates, r = 0.82; in 24 term neonates, r = 0.93; in 47 infants aged 5 to 13 weeks, r = 0.92; and in 27 infants aged 14 to 26 weeks, r = 0.94. The device was also evaluated by comparing its BP determinations with those of indwelling arterial lines present in 20 additional infants (five determinations each). Correlation coefficients were 0.96 for systolic determinations and 0.94 for diastolic determinations. No morbidity or significant technical problems were noted. It was concluded that the device is an accurate, safe, and easy noninvasive method for monitoring BP in infants.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008838 Microcomputers Small computers using LSI (large-scale integration) microprocessor chips as the CPU (central processing unit) and semiconductor memories for compact, inexpensive storage of program instructions and data. They are smaller and less expensive than minicomputers and are usually built into a dedicated system where they are optimized for a particular application. "Microprocessor" may refer to just the CPU or the entire microcomputer. Computers, Personal,Microprocessors,Computer, Personal,Microcomputer,Microprocessor,Personal Computer,Personal Computers
D008991 Monitoring, Physiologic The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D009991 Oscillometry The measurement of frequency or oscillation changes. Oscillometries
D001795 Blood Pressure Determination Techniques used for measuring BLOOD PRESSURE. Blood Pressure Determinations,Determination, Blood Pressure
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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