title: Blood pressure levels of preterm infants in the first year of life.
abstract: Systolic blood pressure was measured in 36 infants with median gestational age of 29 weeks (range 24-35 weeks) and birth weight of 1160 g (range 642-1500 g). Measurements were made at 1, 6 and 12 weeks, and subsequently at 12-weekly intervals during the first year of life. No infant developed chronic lung disease. Systolic blood pressure increased over the first 24 weeks (p < 0.001) to a mean value of 95 mmHg, but did not change significantly over the next 24 weeks. These data provide a reference range of blood pressure levels during the first year of life for infants born at an early gestational age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greenough
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Emery
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values