what is a normal blood pressure for and infant and child? i will be starting my externship in september for medical assistant, but we never was tought the blood pressure for infant and child, just adults only. and my externship will be at a pediactrics and im kind of really nervous
Hi, Thank you for asking question on Chat Doctor. At birth the blood pressure is 60/40 and it gradually increases to 90/60 during infancy and 100/70 during childhood. Hope this answer will serve your purposeless feel free to ask any more queries if requiredTake care Chat Doctor. V. Subrahmanyam MD;Disassociate professor of pediatrics