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Pediatric Vital Signs Guide

This document outlines normal vital sign ranges for different age groups, including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged children, and adolescents. Temperature should be between 36.5°C and 37.5°C for all age groups. Pulse, respiration, and blood pressure ranges vary depending on the stage of development.

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Pediatric Vital Signs Guide

This document outlines normal vital sign ranges for different age groups, including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged children, and adolescents. Temperature should be between 36.5°C and 37.5°C for all age groups. Pulse, respiration, and blood pressure ranges vary depending on the stage of development.

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Stage Temperature Pulse Respiration Blood

Pressure
Infant 36.5°C to 100 to 120 20 to 30 100/60
37.5°C beats/min breaths/min mmHg
Toddler 36.5°C to 90 24 to 40 99/64 Reference: Silbert-Flagg J. & Pillitteri A., Maternal and Child Health
37.5°C beats/min breaths/min mmHg Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Child Rearing Family, 8 th Ed., vol. 1
Berman A., Synder S., & Frandsen G., Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of
Preschool 36.5°C to 85 22 to 34 100/60 Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice, 10 th Ed.
37.5°C beats/min breaths/min mmHg https://www.advil.ca/resources/article/children-s-temperature-chart
School-age 36.5°C to 70 to 80 18 to 30 112/60 https://www.healthline.com/health/normal-respiratory-rate#normal-rate-
in-kids
37.5°C beats/min breaths/min mmHg
Adolescent 36.5°C to 60 to 90 12-20 120/80
37.5°C beats/min breaths/min mmHg

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