Correlation between Invasive and Noninvasive Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patients | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
Article 23, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2018, Page 320-331 PDF (227.41 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.47163 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Belal Ibrahim Ibrahim Mohamed1; Mohamed Ahmed A. Sultan2; Mohamed Adel Fatouh El- Gamal3; Hanaa H. El-Sayed Ahmed4 | ||||
1B.Sc of Nursing | ||||
2Intensive and Emergency department, faculty of medicine, Mansoura University | ||||
3Cardiothoracic department, faculty of medicine, Mansoura Universit | ||||
4Critical care & Emergency Nursing department, faculty of Nursing Mansoura University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Blood pressure (BP) is a basic hemodynamic monitoring index that is a core vital sign used as a basis for diagnosis, management and treatment of patients postoperatively. Measurement of blood pressure can be accomplished invasively or non-invasively. Accurate blood pressure measurement is critical in which the inaccuracies may delay treatment of serious conditions. Several studies have indicated a significant relation between invasive and noninvasive arterial blood pressure measurement. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate correlation between invasive and noninvasive arterial blood pressure monitoring in pediatric cardiac surgical patients in Intensive Care Unit at Children Hospital, Mansoura University. Material and Methods: A comparative research design was used to carry outconvenient sample the research on fifty pediatric cardiac surgical patients in Intensive Care Unit at Children Hospital, Mansoura University. Two tools were used to collect data about correlation between invasive and noninvasive arterial blood pressure measurements. Results: the findings showed a significant correlation between invasive and noninvasive arterial blood pressure pre and postoperatively in pediatric cardiac surgical patients. Six equations were inferred from our results to calculate invasive arterial blood pressure from noninvasive ABP (systolic, diastolic and mean ABP pre and postoperatively). Conclusion: Invasive arterial blood pressure can be calculated by inference from noninvasive arterial blood pressure using the calculated equations pre and postoperatively. Recommendation: Further research studies are required to measure correlation between invasive and noninvasive arterial blood pressure with different sites as brachial and femoral arteries as well as replication of this study on a large probability sample. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Arterial blood pressure; Invasive arterial blood pressure; Noninvasive arterial blood pressure calculated invasive ABP; pediatric cardiac surgical patients | ||||
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