Normal Heart Rate for Pediatric
Heart Rate: Heart rate is always recorded in heart beats per minute. Too high or too low number of heartbeats per minute can be problematic. Check out what are the normal ranges of this vital signs on children and infants.
- Newborn: For a newborn, the heart rate is between 80 and 180. The average or the mean is 140.
- Infant: As the baby grow, the heart rate decreases. An infant has a heart rate of 70-170 heartbeats per minute and the mean is around 135.
- Toddler: Normal heart rate for a toddler is 90-150. There could be a slight variation, according to the constitution, which could mean that the mean heart rate for a toddler is 120.
- Pre-school children: In pre-school children, the heart beats per minute vary between 65 and 135. The mean heart rate for pre-school children is 110.
- School Children: Normal heart rate is for school going children is between 60 and 120. The mean fluctuates between 85 to 100 for pre-school children.
- From 12 years to adulthood: The individuals who are 12 years and above, and even adults have a heart rate between 60 and 100. In the adults the mean of this rate is between 80 and 85.