TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramos,Gina Eliza M.
AU  - Espiritu-Dorendo,Rita
TI  - Blood pressure measurements in the first six hours of life
KW  - Blood Pressure
KW  - Infant, Newborn
N2  - Hourly blood pressure measurements for the first 6 hours of life were taken in a total of 367 neonates. The indirect or oscillometric technique using the Siemens monitor was used.

The study population was divided into Group A and B. The Group A (n=329) comprised of healthy neonates and Group B (n=38) of abnormal neonates with varied diseases such as sepsis, bronchopneumonia, born of mothers with hypertension or preeclampsia, HMD with or without need of a mechanical ventilation, low Apgar score and congenital anomaly. Data were subjected to one way ANOVA.

The average systolic and diastolic and mean BP of Group A were tabulated according to birth weights. A positive correlation was obtained (P0.05).

Mean systolic and diastolic BP values of Group B did not significantly show different values
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