TY - JOUR T1 - Blood pressure standards for very low birthweight infants JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F160 LP - F160 DO - 10.1136/fn.83.2.F160e VL - 83 IS - 2 AU - THOMAS M BERGER Y1 - 2000/09/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/83/2/F160.7.abstract N2 - Editor—Based on careful invasive blood pressure measurements in a cohort of 61 very low birthweight (VLBW) infants during the first 24 hours of life, Leeet al 1 report on blood pressure standards in this population. The quality of the blood pressure readings was assessed using continuous video recordings of real time wave forms. The inclusion of a relatively large number (n = 28) of extremely low birthweight infants is another strength of this study.In an attempt to define normal blood pressure values in a population that by definition is not “normal”, the authors have excluded very ill infants and infants requiring inotropic support. They have also excluded infants … ER -