The nurse is taking vital signs on adolescents and keeps in mind which of the following facts about baseline vital signs?
A) Adolescent females have a slightly lower systolic blood pressure and a slightly higher pulse and body temperature than males.
B) The pulse of the adolescent female is often slightly irregular compared to the regular pulse of the male.
C) It is not unusual to find a pathological murmur in the male and a physiological murmur in the female.
D) The male body temperature, pulse, and blood pressure are usually higher than the female's.
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