My daugthers pulse is 68 lying down and 110 standing, she isn't overweight. Is this ok?

My daughter is 16. She was just released 3 days ago from the ICU after suffering from a kidney infection/pneumonia which developed rapidly into sepsis and sepsis shock. We’re very lucky that she lived. We went to a follow up physician appt and she had a high pulse rate so the doctor checked it in varying positions showing a more than 40 point difference between lying down, sitting up and standing. Please tell me what this could mean, she’s scheduled to follow up on Monday (today is Fri) so they can re-check this.

When she was hospitalized with sepsis she required a dopamine drip to maintain her blood pressure which was rapidly falling to 49/27 at it's lowest. She was in ICU for 4 days.

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No this is not “normal”. What i would like to know is what her blood pressure does in each position, laying, sitting, and standing. With sepsis your blood vessels dilate causing the low blood pressure she had. Is her blood pressure still low? Her heart rate increases if the BP is too low trying to circulate her blood. Now don't panic she’s still recovering from the septic shock. Go to your local pharmacy and by an automatic BP cuff and take her BP in the different positions during the day with the pulse rate so when you follow-up on Monday the doctor will have a superior idea of how to treat it. It will also help you to feel superior and track her progress. Just remember as long as she’s not having symptoms with the increased HR and low BP she will be ok. She still needs to rest and tell her to take it slow when she goes from a lying position to walking. Ideally she should just sit on the side of the bed, couch, etc. for a few minutes, then just stand there for a few minutes, and then walk that way it gives her body time to adjust to the different positions and won't be such a sock causing the increase HR. Good Luck and just breath she is young and will bounce back.

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You should do a internet search on information on the average 16 year olds pulse.I hope you get along well!