KarenM.Poor1 andTamaraBostrackDucklow2
1
ED/ICU/Telemetry,HealthEastWoodwindsHealthCampus,Woodbury,MN55125,USA
2
Emergency Department,Health EastSt.John’sHospital,Maplewood,MN55109,USA
Cor respondence should be addressed to KarenM.Poor, kmpoor@healtheast.org
Received 26March2012;Accepted 2May2012
Academic Editors:K.ClarkandA.Green
Copyright©2012K.M.PoorandT.B.Ducklow.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons
At tribution License,which permits un restricteduse,distribution,and reproduction in any medium,provided the original work is
properlycited.
Introduction.Obtaining blood pressures in pediatric emergency department patients is the standard of care;however,there is little
evidence to support it sutility.This prospective study as sesses the benefit of BP acquisition in patients ≤5 years. Methods.Data
were collected by the ED triage nurses on 649 patients in two community hospital EDs.Relationships between abnormal blood
pressures and the patients’age,acuity,and calm versus not-calm emotional state were analyzed. Results.There were significant
differences in the rate of elevated BPs in the calm and not-calm groups of patients.Overall,one-andtwo-year-oldpatientswere
more likely to have elevated BPs than those in other age groups.Very few patients in the sample had hypotension(1%).There was
no relationship between Emergency Severity Index(ESI)acuity level and anabnormal BP.Nineteen percent of calm patient shad
elevated BPs,with 3.6% of patients in the stage two class of hypertension. Conclusions.There is limited benefit in obtaining BPs in
children age of
five or less regardless of whether the child is calm or not in ESI acuity levels 3 and 4.
KarenM.Poor1 andTamaraBostrackDucklow2
1
ED/ICU/Telemetry,HealthEastWoodwindsHealthCampus,Woodbury,MN55125,USA
2
Emergency Department,Health EastSt.John’sHospital,Maplewood,MN55109,USA
Cor respondence should be addressed to KarenM.Poor, kmpoor@healtheast.org
Received 26March2012;Accepted 2May2012
Academic Editors:K.ClarkandA.Green
Copyright©2012K.M.PoorandT.B.Ducklow.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons
At tribution License,which permits un restricteduse,distribution,and reproduction in any medium,provided the original work is
properlycited.
Introduction.Obtaining blood pressures in pediatric emergency department patients is the standard of care;however,there is little
evidence to support it sutility.This prospective study as sesses the benefit of BP acquisition in patients ≤5 years. Methods.Data
were collected by the ED triage nurses on 649 patients in two community hospital EDs.Relationships between abnormal blood
pressures and the patients’age,acuity,and calm versus not-calm emotional state were analyzed. Results.There were significant
differences in the rate of elevated BPs in the calm and not-calm groups of patients.Overall,one-andtwo-year-oldpatientswere
more likely to have elevated BPs than those in other age groups.Very few patients in the sample had hypotension(1%).There was
no relationship between Emergency Severity Index(ESI)acuity level and anabnormal BP.Nineteen percent of calm patient shad
elevated BPs,with 3.6% of patients in the stage two class of hypertension. Conclusions.There is limited benefit in obtaining BPs in
children age of
five or less regardless of whether the child is calm or not in ESI acuity levels 3 and 4.
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