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i tend to gree w/ you. i also think if you collect this data and it's not interpreted correctly or ignored, you make yourself liable. i can see taking them based on risk factors, but then again, i am not the manager. thankfully! i'd like to see if what is the standard around the country. i get tired of trying to make all of our healthy kids nicu babies.
imenid37
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do you routinely do bp's on all healthy term newborn's? if you do are they 1 extremity or all 4? any input on this is appreciated. we are in the process of changing our policy. now we just do 1 random bp and our manager would like to see us do 1 set of all 4. according to her aap reccomends no bp for neonates. where i worked before, we did bp's w/ babies who had murmurs or were supected volume depletion. do you guys feel these bp's are necessary for all newborns? i know we could miss a coarc and this is our manager's thinking.:
