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Vital Signs in Children

Heart Rate (rate/min)

Age Awake Rate Sleeping Rate

 Newborn to 3 months 85 to 205 80 to 160

3 months to 2 years 100 to 190 75 to 1602 to 10 years 60 to 140 60 to 90

>10 years 60 to 100 50 to 90

Respiratory Rate (breaths/min)

Age Rate

Infant 30 to 60

Toddler 24 to 40

Preshooler 22 to 34

!hool"a#e h$ld 18 to 30

%dolesent 12 to 16

Definition of Hypotension by Systolic lood !ress"re and Age

Age Systolic lood !ress"re

Term neonates &0 to 28 days' (60 mm )#

Infants &1 to 12 months' (70 mm )#*h$ldren 1 to 10 years &5th +P ,erent$le' (70 mm )# - &a#e $n years . 2' mm )#

*h$ldren >10 years (90 mm )#

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#odified $lasgow Coma Scale for %nfants and Children

Child %nfant Score

/ye o,en$n#

!,ontaneos

To s,eehTo ,a$n only

 No res,onse

!,ontaneos

To s,eehTo ,a$n only

 No res,onse

 4

32

1

+est erbal res,onse

r$ented a,,ro,r$ate

*onfsed

Ina,,ro,r$ate words

Inom,rehens$ble sonds

 No res,onse

*oos and babbles

Irr$table r$es

*r$es to ,a$n

oans to ,a$n

 No res,onse

 5

4

3

2

1

+est motor 

 res,onse

beys ommands

oal$es ,a$nfl st$mls

$thdraws $n res,onse to ,a$n

le.$on $n res,onse to ,a$n

/.tens$on $n res,onse to ,a$n

 No res,onse

oes s,ontaneosly and

 ,r,oseflly

$thdraws to toh$thdraws to res,onse $n ,a$n

%bnormal fle.$on ,ostre to ,a$n

%bnormal e.tens$on ,ostre to ,a$n

 No res,onse

 6

5

4

3

2

1

If ,at$ent $s $ntbated nons$os or ,reerbal the most $m,ortant ,art of th$s sale $s motor res,onse:

otor res,onse shold be areflly ealated:

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!ediatric &ra"ma Score

Assessment Component

SC'R

* + ,+

e$#ht e$#ht >20 ;# &>44 lb' 10"20 ;# &22"44 lb' (10;# &(22 lb'

%$rway Normalral or nasal a$rway

 o.y#en

Intbated r$othyro$dotomy

or traheostomy

!ystol$ +lood Pressre

>90 mm )# #ood

 ,er$,heral ,lses and

 ,erfs$on

50"90 mm )#

 arot$d