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Blood pressure , pulse rate, respiratory rate, and temperature are the
routine vital signs measured in medicine. These vital signs remain relatively
constant throughout adult life. But children are not small adults, and normal
vital signs are different as a newborn becomes an infant and then a child.

The normal values for blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate
change as the newborn/infant/child grows and ages.

Body temperature does not change with age. However, body temperature
may fluctuate depending upon the time of day, and a normal temperature
may range between 97.0 F (36.1 C) and 100.3 F (37.9 C). A rectal
temperature of 100.4 F (38.0 C) is considered a fever. From

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Neonate (<28 d) 100-165 90-160
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Preschool (3-5 y) 65-110 65-100

School-age (6-11 y) 60-95 58-90

Adolescent (12-15 y) 55-85 50-90 Popular Collections

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Infants (<1 y) 30-55

Toddler (1-2 y) 20-30

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School-age (6-11 y) 14-22

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Birth (12 h) 60-85 45-55

Neonate (96 h) 67-84 35-53

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Infant (1-12 mo) 80-100 55-65 Fever in the Young Infant

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School-age (6-9 y) 95-110 60-73
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Preadolescent (10-11 100-119 65-76
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Adolescent (12-15 y) 110-124 70-79

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REFERENCES:

Kliegman, R.M., et al. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 20th Edition.

Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2015.

Weaver, Donald J. "Hypertension in Children and Adolescents." Pediatrics in

Review 38.8 August 2017: 369-382.

Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 11/20/2017

Medical Author: John Mersch, MD, FAAP

Medical Editor: Melissa Conrad Stppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

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