Why monitor blood pressure (BP)? Hypertension (high blood pressure) is an important health issue in children, because of its association with obesity. High blood pressure is considered a risk factor ...

Rather, what’s considered normal varies depending on a child’s age, gender, and height. The new guidelines provide a table for normal blood pressure based only on a child’s gender and age.

Differential pressure–based level devices (and even sight glasses ... is really comparing the difference in pressure between the height of water plus the height of steam in the drum at the ...

UVA recently opened a clinic to treat the condition, which is a relative increase in fluid in the brain that can cause ...

It does in fact increase with height ... that affect blood pressure--for example, age, gender, race/ethnicity, weight/obesity--and we do not adjust the normal level based on these factors either ...

This article discusses flow principles and pressure-based flow measurement. Laminar or smooth flow (Figure 1) tends to take place at lower flow rates in smaller pipes, where the fluid particles flow ...

Tens of millions more Americans now have high blood pressure. Almost half of all Americans – 46% – are now considered to be in the high blood pressure category based on new guidelines released ...

When the arm is on the lap or the side, a blood pressure reading can be erroneously high. But when the arm is supported and at heart height, a blood pressure reading is more likely to be right.

All values must be entered in order to calculate percentiles for Blood Pressure and Height. A percentile shows the relative position of the child's measurement (such as Blood Pressure or Height) among ...