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JAMES E. BOWMAN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1933;46(5 PART I):949-953.

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The study of arterial blood pressure in the new-born has been carried out by many investigators. Most of the results have been observed in only a few subjects, as part of a more extensive study in older children. Von Basch,¹ a pioneer in this field, worked with an apparatus which now seems crude, namely, a padded button exerting a measured pressure on the radial artery. Systolic pressure was determined by observing pulsations at the wrist. Following him came Neu,² Trumpp,³ Oppenheimer and Bauchwitz,⁴ Gundobin,⁵ Popoff,⁶ Ssladkoff⁷ and Seitz and Becker.⁸

Paul Balard⁹ made an extensive study of the blood pressure in the new-born and published several articles on the subject. He did this work with a Pachon oscillometer, the common blood pressure apparatus of France. He found that the average systolic pressure of forty new-born infants was 55 mm. of mercury, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Pediatric Service of Dr. Ralph M. Tyson, Maternity Department, Pennsylvania Hospital.

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