1) Pediatric H & P Flashcards
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Podopediatrics
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- The diagnosis and management of lower extremity disorders in children and adolescents
2
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Top 5 podopediatric complaints
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- Pes planus (flat feet)
- Rotational abnormalities (eg. intoed gait)
- Digital deformities (curly, webbed toes)
- Dermatological disorders (eg. tinea pedis, verucae, ingrown nails)
- Apophysitis / growth-related disorders (eg. Sever’s disease)
3
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Neonate
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- First month of life
4
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Infancy: the first two years of life
Juvenile: from infancy to the onset of puberty
Adolescence: from puberty until the cessation of somatic growth
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- First two years of life
5
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Juvenile: from infancy to the onset of puberty
Adolescence: from puberty until the cessation of somatic growth
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- From infancy to the onset of puberty
6
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Adolescence
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- Puberty until the cessation of somatic growth
7
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Lower extremity development
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- 4 – 5 weeks IU: Limb buds appear
- 4 – 6 weeks IU: critical period
- 12 weeks IU: lower extremity development complete
8
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4 to 5 weeks (embryo)
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- Foot inverted
- Metatarsals differentiate, beginning with the first met
9
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6 weeks (embryo)
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- Feet are in varus and equinus with forefoot adducted
10
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7-8 weeks (embryo)
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- Digits separate
- Talus is the largest cartilaginous segment
- Average length of the foot at birth is 3-4 inches
11
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Premature delivery
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- Less than 37 weeks
12
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APGAR scoring
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- A = neonatal color
- P = neonatal heart rate
- G = Neonatal motor reactions (“grimace”)
- A = neonatal muscle tone
- R = neonatal respiratory response
- Passing score = > 7
13
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Sailing test
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- Infant blood analyzed during labor and after birth
- Reflects respiratory and metabolic function of the infant
- Not subjective; perhaps more accurate
14
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Developmental history
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- Reaches / recognizes by 4 months
- Crawls by 3 – 5 months
- Rolls over / plays by 6 months
- Creeping by 7 – 9 months
- Walking by 9 – 16 months
15
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16 month development
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- Infant walks; uses thumb in opposition to grasp objects
16
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2 years development
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- Runs without falling
- Obeys simple commands
- +/- 50 word vocabulary
17
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3 years development
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- Rides tricycle
- Can feed themselves
18
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Average length of full-term newborn
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- 20 in.
- Length (height) increases by 10 in. during the first year
- Increases 3 in. / yr. during the next 7 yrs.
- Birth height doubles by 4 yrs.
- From 8 yrs. to puberty height increases 2 in. / yr