Pediatric Vital Signs | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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While adults commonly experience high blood pressures due to a buildup of cholesterol in their bodies (called atherosclerosis), children don’t have the same contributing factors. So when their blood pressure is either too high or too low, a doctor is often concerned.

Usually the younger a child is, the more concerned a doctor is by high or low blood pressure. Blood pressure can indicate a heart or lung defect in very young children. Examples of potential causes of high blood pressure in infants include:

When a child is school-aged, hypertension is most likely due to being overweight, according to KidsHealth[1].

Hypotension, or too-low blood pressure, is pressure that is 20 mmHg lower...