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Arterial Blood Pressure in the Very Low Birthweight Neonate
Author(s) -
SONESSON S.E.,
BROBERGER U.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1987.tb10471.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cuff , circumference , arterial catheter , cardiology , umbilical artery , catheter , mean blood pressure , artery , diastole , anesthesia , surgery , heart rate , pregnancy , fetus , geometry , mathematics , biology , genetics
. The noninvasive oscillometric technique of arterial blood pressure determination was evaluated in fifteen very low birth weight neonates (<1400 g). Measurement of invasive umbilical artery catheter pressure was used as a reference standard. By using a cuff width to arm circumference ratio of 0.33–0.42, mean blood pressure was overestimated by 6.2 (7.2) mmHg (mean and 1 SD), p <0.001. More accurate mean blood pressure measurements were recorded with a cuff width to arm circumference ratio of 0.44–0.55. Measurements of systolic and diastolic blood pressure showed similar results.