clinical ranges and values

normal blood pressure

systolic: 90 - 119

AND

diastolic: 60-79

abnormal blood pressure

Systolic: 120 to 179

OR

Diastolic: 80 to 110

emergency blood pressure

Systolic: greater than 180

OR 

Diastolic: greater than 110

ORRRR

systolic: less than 90

OR

diastolic: less than 60

1-3 yrs BP

Systolic: 90 to 105

Diastolic: 55 to 70

3-6 yrs BP

Systolic: 95 to 110

Diastolic: 60 to 75

(+ 5 from earlier age)

6 to 12 years BP

Systolic: 100 to 120

Diastolic: 60 to 75

normal heart rate

60 to 100 BMP

infant HR (1-12 months)

100-160

toddler HR (1-2)

98-140

preschool age HR

80-120

school age HR (6-15)

75-118

infant respiratory rate (0-12 months)

30–53/min

toddler (1-2) respiratory rate

22–37/min

preschool (3-5) respiratory rate

20-28/min

school age (6-15) respiratory rate

18–25/min

abnormal heart rate

Bradycardia: below 60

Tachycardia: above 100

pulse oximetry

95% - 100% is normal

92% or lower is low

lower than 90% is emergency

normal temperature

97.6° to 99.6° F

for oral its 97 to 99

abnormal temperature

99.6° to 104.0° F

emergency temperature

Dangerous: 104° to 105° F 

Fatal: 106° F or higher

normal respiratory rate

12 to 20 BMP

abnormal respiratory rate

Bradypnea: less than 12

Tachypnea: greater than 20

hemoglobin (amount of hemoglobin per dL)

Male: 14 to 18 g/dL 

Female: 12 to 16 g/dL

hematocrit (percentage of blood that is RBC)

Male: 41% to 53% 

Female: 36% to 46%

white blood cell count (per mm³)

4,000 to 11,000/mm³

RBC count

4.2 to 5.9 million/µL

fasting glucose for diabetes

100-125 for prediabetic, or more than 126 diabetic

glucose after meal

• less than 140

• less than 180 for diabetes

platelet count

150,000 to 450,000/mm³

hemoglobin A1c diabetes

prediabetic: 5.7% to 6.4%

diabetic: more than 6.5%

Granulocyte ratio

50% to 70% (of all white blood cells)

MCV (size of RBCs)

 80 to 98 fL (femtoliters or um³)

fasting glucose

70 to 99 mg/dL

hemoglobin A1C (show what percentage of hemoglobin is connected to sugar)

4 to 5.6%

total cholesterol

Less than 200 mg/dL

Usually 130-200

LDL

Less than 100 mg/dL

HDL

Males: Greater than 40 mg/dL

Females: Greater than 50 mg/dL

Triglycerides

Less than 150 mg/dL

stages of blood pressure

• normal

• elevated

• stage 1 hypertension

• stage 2 hypertension

• hypertensive crisis

elevated blood pressure

systolic: 120-129

AND

diastolic: less than 80

basically +9 systolic

high blood pressure stage 1

systolic: 130-139

OR

diastolic: 80-89

(10 above elevated for systolic OR 10 above normal diastolic)

high blood pressure stage 2

systolic: higher than 140

OR

diastolic: higher than 90

so basically anything above stage 1 until it gets to crisis range

hypertensive crisis

systolic: higher than 180

OR/AND

diastolic: higher than 120

BMI stages

• underweight

• healthy

• overweight

• class 1 obese

• class 2 obese

• class 3 obese

underweight BMI

less than 18.5

healthy weight BMI

18.5 - 24.9

overweight BMI

25 - 29.9

class 1 obese BMI

30 - 34.9

class 2 obese BMI

35 - 39.9

class 3 obese BMI

40 or above

urine specific gravity

1.005 - 1.030

presence of Leukocytes/Nitrites in urine

UTI

severe critical fasting hypoglycemia

less than 50 mg/dL

Notify provider IMMEDIATELY.

severe critical fasting hyperglycemia

more than 400 mg/dL

Notify provider IMMEDIATELY.

International Normalized Ratio (measures how long it takes blood to clot)

Normal: 0.8 to 1.1

Normal (on blood thinners like warfarin): 2.0 - 3.0.

Critical: > 5.0

normal potassium

3.5 – 5.0 or 5.2 mEq/L (or mmol/L)