title: [The variability of arterial pressure measured by oscillometric methods in premature newborn infants].
abstract: The variability of blood pressure measured by oscillometry and the validity of this technique were studied in premature infants. Thirty premature babies whose postnatal age was six days or more had their blood pressure measured 11 times over a twenty-minute period for three consecutive days. Movements were found to have a very substantial influence on results that could not be reliably compared with values obtained invasively. No consistent pattern of variations of oscillometric results obtained during the eleven measurements of use for recommending a specific measurement time was found. Diastolic blood pressure fell gradually over the three-day study period. The most reliable of the eleven daily values was the lowest value for which good correlations were found between the three study days; this lowest value was not influenced by neonatal or postnatal factors.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Médicale Infantile, Hôpital de Cimiez, Nice.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bérard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bassam
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ratovo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boutte
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mariani
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001724:Birth Weight; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: Variabilité de la pression artérielle mesurée par méthode oscillométrique chez le nouveau-né prématuré.