Cross-sectional centiles of blood pressure by age and sex: a four-hospital database retrospective observational analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

National guidelines for identifying physiological deterioration and sepsis in hospitals depend on thresholds for blood pressure that do not account for age or sex. In populations outside hospital, differences in blood pressure are known to occur with both variables. Whether these differences remain in the hospitalised population is unknown. This database analysis study aims to generate representative centiles to quantify variations in blood pressure by age and sex in hospitalised patients.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional observational database analysis.

Setting

Four near-sea-level hospitals between April 2015 and April 2017 PARTICIPANTS: 75 342 adult patients who were admitted to the hospitals and had at least one set of documented vital sign observati

SUBMITTER: Wong D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223140 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature