Assessment of diastolic blood pressure with the auscultatory method in children and adolescents under exercise conditions

Autor: Kevin Lam, Jonathan P Glenning, Hannah Bourne, Jonathan P. Mynard, Melanie M. Clarke, Joseph J. Smolich, Michael Cheung
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Hypertension Research. 44:1009-1016
ISSN: 1348-4214
0916-9636
DOI: 10.1038/s41440-021-00657-7
Popis: Controversy surrounds whether to define resting diastolic blood pressure (DBP) as the onset of the fourth or fifth Korotkoff phase (K4, sound muffling, or K5, sound disappearance) in children and adolescents. Although undetectable in some children (due to sounds continuing to zero cuff pressure), K5 is currently recommended for consistency with adult practice and because K4 can be difficult to discern or undetectable. However, to our knowledge, no studies have specifically assessed the reliability of measuring DBP with K4 and K5 in children and adolescents under exercise conditions. We therefore measured DBP before and immediately after a Bruce protocol stress test in 90 children and adolescents aged 12.3 ± 3.5 years (mean ± SD) in a cardiology clinic setting. When detected, K4 and K5 were 63.5 ± 9.2 and 60.2 ± 12.6 mmHg, respectively, at rest and 59.2 ± 14.6 mmHg (p = 0.028 vs rest) and 52.9 ± 18.3 mmHg (p
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