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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Anaesth. 2022 Mar 7;32(5):609–616. doi: 10.1111/pan.14416

TABLE 1.

Depicts normal, awake heart rate medians for age. Bradycardic heart rates are those below the 10th percentile in the aggregate population. Adapted from Fleming and colleagues3

Age Median heart rate (beats/min) Bradycardia (beats/min)
0–3 months 143 <123
3–6 months 140 <120
6–9 months 134 <114
9–12 months 128 <109
12–18 months 123 <103
18 months to 2 years 116 <98
2–3 years 110 <92
3–4 years 104 <86
4–6 years 98 <81
6–8 years 91 <74