Pediatric vital signs normal ranges
Note that the patient's normal range and clinical condition should always be considered Age Group | Respiratory Rate | Awake Heart Rate | Sleeping Heart Rate | Systolic Blood Pressure* | Weight (kg) | Newborn | 30-60 | 100-180 | 80-160 | 60-90 | 2-3 | Infant
(1-12 mo) | 30-60 | 100-160 | 75-160 | 87-105 | 4-10 | Toddler
(1-2 yrs) | 24-40 | 80-110 | 60-90 | 85-102 | 10-14 | Preschooler
(3-5 yrs) | 22-34 | 70-110 | 60-90 | 89-108 | 14-18 | School age
(6-12 yrs) | 18-30 | 65-110 | 60-90 | 94-120 | 20-42 | Adolescent
(13-17 yrs) | 12-16 | 60-90 | 50-90 | 107-132 | >50 |
* 50th-90th percentile ranges for boys and girls at 50% height indicated References
1. Hazinski MF. Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child, 2nd ed. Mosby, 1992.
2. Wong DL and Wilson D. Whaley & Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children, 6th ed. Mosby.
3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National High Blood Pressure Education Program. The Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents. NIH Publication No. 05-5268. Bethesda, MD: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Revised May 2005, pp 8-15.

PATIENT'S
WEIGHT
(pounds) | MAX. AMOUNT TO BE
DRAWN AT ONE TIME
(ml) | MAX. AMOUNT DURING A HOSPITAL STAY of 1 MONTH or LESS
(ml) | 6 - 8 | 2.5 | 23 | 8 - 10 | 3.5 | 30 | 10 - 15 | 5.0 | 40 | 16 - 20 | 10 | 60 | 21