Distribution of Pediatric Vital Signs in the Emergency Department: A Nationwide Study
<p>Flowchart of the screening process and the demographic data. Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or number (percentage) of participants.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Centile curves for heart rate and respiratory rate by age. Centile curves for (<b>A</b>) heart rate and (<b>B</b>) respiratory rate by age in children with normal body temperature. The solid vertical line at 2 year of age represents a change in the scale of the x-axis.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Centile curves for heart rate by age. Centile curves of heart rate by age with visual comparison against the centile curves from advanced pediatric life support (<b>A</b>) and pediatric advanced life support (<b>B</b>) guidelines.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Centile curves for respiratory rate by age. Centile curves of respiratory rate by age with visual comparison against the centile curves from advanced pediatric life support (<b>A</b>) and pediatric advanced life support (<b>B</b>) guidelines.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Comparison of the centile curves for heart rate and respiratory rate by age with the curves from previous studies. Centile curves of (<b>A</b>) heart rate and (<b>B</b>) respiratory rate by age with visual comparison against the centile curves from previous studies. The solid vertical line at 2 years of age represents a change in the scale of the <span class="html-italic">x</span>-axis. <sup>†</sup> Data from Fleming et al. [<a href="#B5-children-07-00089" class="html-bibr">5</a>]. <sup>‡</sup> Data from Bonafide et al. [<a href="#B8-children-07-00089" class="html-bibr">8</a>]. <sup>§</sup> Data from O’Leary et al. [<a href="#B6-children-07-00089" class="html-bibr">6</a>].</p> "> Figure 5 Cont.
<p>Comparison of the centile curves for heart rate and respiratory rate by age with the curves from previous studies. Centile curves of (<b>A</b>) heart rate and (<b>B</b>) respiratory rate by age with visual comparison against the centile curves from previous studies. The solid vertical line at 2 years of age represents a change in the scale of the <span class="html-italic">x</span>-axis. <sup>†</sup> Data from Fleming et al. [<a href="#B5-children-07-00089" class="html-bibr">5</a>]. <sup>‡</sup> Data from Bonafide et al. [<a href="#B8-children-07-00089" class="html-bibr">8</a>]. <sup>§</sup> Data from O’Leary et al. [<a href="#B6-children-07-00089" class="html-bibr">6</a>].</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Source
2.2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.3. Data Collection and Pre-Processing
2.4. Outcomes
2.5. Data Analysis
2.6. Ethics Statement
3. Results
3.1. Baseline Characteristics
3.2. Primary Outcome
3.3. Secondary Outcomes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Age | Centile | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 3rd | 5th | 10th | 15th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 85th | 90th | 95th | 97th | 99th | |
0–<3 months | 93 | 102 | 106 | 113 | 118 | 125 | 139 | 152 | 159 | 164 | 171 | 176 | 184 |
3–<6 months | 90 | 99 | 104 | 111 | 115 | 122 | 135 | 148 | 155 | 160 | 167 | 171 | 180 |
6–<9 months | 88 | 97 | 101 | 108 | 112 | 119 | 132 | 145 | 151 | 156 | 163 | 167 | 176 |
9–<12 months | 86 | 94 | 99 | 105 | 110 | 117 | 129 | 142 | 148 | 153 | 159 | 164 | 172 |
12–<15 months | 85 | 93 | 97 | 104 | 108 | 115 | 127 | 139 | 145 | 150 | 156 | 161 | 169 |
15–<18 months | 84 | 92 | 96 | 102 | 107 | 113 | 125 | 137 | 143 | 147 | 154 | 158 | 166 |
18–<21 months | 83 | 91 | 95 | 101 | 105 | 112 | 123 | 135 | 141 | 145 | 152 | 156 | 164 |
21–<24 months | 82 | 90 | 94 | 100 | 104 | 110 | 122 | 133 | 139 | 144 | 150 | 154 | 161 |
2–<3 years | 80 | 87 | 91 | 97 | 101 | 107 | 118 | 129 | 135 | 139 | 145 | 149 | 156 |
3–<4 years | 76 | 83 | 86 | 92 | 96 | 102 | 113 | 124 | 129 | 133 | 139 | 143 | 150 |
4–<5 years | 73 | 80 | 84 | 89 | 93 | 99 | 110 | 120 | 126 | 130 | 136 | 139 | 146 |
5–<6 years | 70 | 77 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 96 | 107 | 117 | 123 | 127 | 132 | 136 | 143 |
6–<7 years | 68 | 75 | 79 | 84 | 88 | 93 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 123 | 129 | 133 | 140 |
7–<8 years | 66 | 73 | 76 | 82 | 86 | 91 | 101 | 112 | 117 | 121 | 127 | 130 | 137 |
8–<9 years | 64 | 70 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 89 | 99 | 110 | 115 | 119 | 125 | 128 | 135 |
9–<10 years | 61 | 68 | 72 | 77 | 81 | 87 | 97 | 108 | 113 | 117 | 123 | 127 | 133 |
10–<11 years | 59 | 66 | 69 | 75 | 79 | 85 | 95 | 106 | 111 | 115 | 121 | 125 | 132 |
11–<12 years | 56 | 63 | 67 | 72 | 76 | 82 | 93 | 103 | 109 | 113 | 119 | 122 | 130 |
12–<13 years | 53 | 60 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 80 | 90 | 101 | 107 | 111 | 116 | 120 | 127 |
13–<14 years | 51 | 58 | 62 | 68 | 72 | 77 | 88 | 99 | 104 | 108 | 114 | 118 | 125 |
14–<15 years | 50 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 76 | 86 | 97 | 102 | 106 | 112 | 115 | 122 |
15–<16 years | 49 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 85 | 95 | 100 | 104 | 110 | 113 | 120 |
Age | Centile | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 3rd | 5th | 10th | 15th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 85th | 90th | 95th | 97th | 99th | |
0–<3 months | 20 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 54 | 58 |
3–<6 months | 20 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 50 | 53 |
6–<9 months | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 48 |
9–<12 months | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 44 |
12–<15 months | 19 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 41 |
15–<18 months | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 39 |
18–<21 months | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 38 |
21–<24 months | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
2–<3 years | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
3–<4 years | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 33 |
4–<5 years | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 |
5–<6 years | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 |
6–<7 years | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
7–<8 years | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 |
8–<9 years | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
9–<10 years | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
10–<11 years | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
11–<12 years | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
12–<13 years | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 |
13–<14 years | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
14–<15 years | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
15–<16 years | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
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Bae, W.; Kim, K.; Lee, B. Distribution of Pediatric Vital Signs in the Emergency Department: A Nationwide Study. Children 2020, 7, 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/children7080089
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Chicago/Turabian StyleBae, Woori, Kyunghoon Kim, and Bongjin Lee. 2020. "Distribution of Pediatric Vital Signs in the Emergency Department: A Nationwide Study" Children 7, no. 8: 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/children7080089
APA StyleBae, W., Kim, K., & Lee, B. (2020). Distribution of Pediatric Vital Signs in the Emergency Department: A Nationwide Study. Children, 7(8), 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/children7080089