Benefit of BP Measurement in Pediatric ED Patients

Table 2

Blood pressures in ESI categories 3 and 4.

	ESI 3			ESI 4
	Calm	Not calm	𝑃 value	Calm	Not calm	𝑃 value
	Number (%)	Number (%)		Number (%)	Number (%)
BP obtained	127 (99%)	29 (57%)	<0.001	302 (97%)	43 (38%)	<0.001
Unable to obtain BP	1 (1%)	22 (43%)		8 (3%)	70 (62%)
SBP category
Low	10 (8%)	2 (7%)	<0.001	23 (8%)	3 (7%)	<0.001
Normal	101 (80%)	15 (52%)		214 (71%)	15 (35%)
Stage 1 HTN	13 (10%)	2 (7%)		46 (15%)	14 (33%)
Stage 2 HTN	3 (2%)	10 (35%)		19 (6%)	11 (26%)
DBP category
Normal	75 (59%)	7 (24%)	<0.001	163 (54%)	9 (21%)	<0.001
Stage 1 HTN	38 (30%)	10 (35%)		105 (35%)	11 (26%)
Stage 2 HTN	14 (11%)	12 (41%)		32 (11%)	22 (51%)