Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2017

MONITORING OF THE BLOOD PRESSURE IN NEWBORN

Dr. Dipti Shah, Dr. Mamta Nikhurpa

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 Aims and Objectives :To know the relationship of blood pressure with the postnatal age ,birth weight and sex. Setting and Design. It was a hospital based  prospective study ,conducted in postnatal ward of tirtery care government hospital of Ahmedabad  from jan 2016 to dec 2016 .Material and method. 321 intramural term neonates without any postnatal problems were enrolled in the study. Blood pressure was measured with the help of NIBP monitor when child was awake. BP was recorded on day 1,day 2 and day 3. Data was analysed. Observations: Out of 321 newborns 110 were males and 211 were females. Out of 321 newborns 267(83.17%) were normal weight babies and 54(16.54%) were low birth weight babies. Average SBP increases 1.37  mm of Hg on day 2 and 2.88  mm of Hg on day 3. Average DBP increases 1.34  mm of Hg on day 2 and 2.65  mm of Hg on day 3.Average MBP increases 1.28 mm of Hg on day 2 and 2.64  mm of Hg on day 3. Average BP is higher in normal birth weight neonates than LBW neonates on all postnatal days. No significant difference in the BP of male and female neonates was noted.  Conclusions: BP increases as the postnatal age increases. BP is higher in normal birth Wt babies than LBW babies. BP has no relationship with sex.

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Dr. Dipti Shah, Dr. Mamta Nikhurpa, MONITORING OF THE BLOOD PRESSURE IN NEWBORN, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-3, March‾2017

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