Abstract
Summary The antecubital venous pressure was studied in fifty normal children and in groups of patients with rheumatic heart disease without clinical evidence of congestive heart failure and in patients with glomerulonephritis. The mean venous pressure for normal children between 3 and 10 years of age was 54.3 mm. of water with a standard deviation of 17.1. Between the ages of 3 and 5 years, the mean pressure was 46.2 mm. of water, ±16.9. Between the ages of 5 and 10 years the mean pressure was 58.3 mm. of water, ±15.7. The venous pressure increased with age. Patients with rheumatic heart disease without evidence of congestive heart failure and patients with glomerulonephritis had higher venous pressures than did normal individuals. The determination of the presence of venous hypertension, venous normotension, or venous hypotension is of importance, and can be readily ascertained.
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