@article{article_280143, title={Blood pressure monitoring in non-critically ill preterm neonates}, journal={Cukurova Medical Journal}, volume={42}, pages={97–102}, year={2017}, DOI={10.17826/cutf.280143}, author={Özlü, Ferda and Yapıcıoğlu, Hacer and Yüce, Nurse Selda and Emekdar, Nurse Ülker}, keywords={Neonates,blood pressure,oscillometric method}, abstract={<p class="z"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Purpose: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> The aim of this study was to provide normative blood pressure
measurements during the first days of life of healthy preterm neonates admitted
to our neonatal intensive care unit. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Material and
Method: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> The representative study population
consisted of 141 hemodynamically stable premature infants who were smaller than
34 gestational weeks admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit during the
first hours of life. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> One hundred forty-one infants were studied. The mean birth weight
and gestational weeks of the study group is 1437.45±445.8 (580-2400) gr and 31.04±2.1
(27-34) weeks respectively. Blood pressures differ from the universal norms in
different groups of gestation and birth weight. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="z"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> Despite the fact that neonatal blood pressures has
been measured for decades, we are still in the early phase of identifying the
normal patterns of infant blood pressure. There are still many physiological
changes that need further investigation before definitive reference data can be
generated. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Cukurova University}