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Blood pressure , pulse rate, respiratory rate, and temperature are the
routine vital signs measured in medicine. These vital signs remain relative
constant throughout adult life. But children are not small adults, and norm
vital signs are different as a newborn becomes an infant and then a ch

The normal values for blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate
change as the newborn/infant/child grows and ages.

Body temperature does not change with age. However, body temperature
may fluctuate depending upon the time of day, and a normal temperature
may range between 97.0 F (36.1 C) and 100.3 F (37.9 C). A rectal
temperature of 100.4 F (38.0 C) is considered a fever.

What Are Normal Ranges of Vital Signs for Various Ages?

The following charts summarize the range of age-based normal vital sign

Normal Heart Rate by Age (Beats/Minute)

Age Awake Rate Sleeping Rate

Neonate (<28 d) 100-205 90-160

Infant (1 mo-1 y) 100-190 90-160

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