Assessment Across the Lifespan Flashcards
How many standard deviations above or below the normal constitutes of microcephaly or macrocephaly?
2
What are the guidelines for adolescent preventive services?
gaps provide physicians with preventive service recommendations and a flow sheet that is useful for implementing and documenting these services during office visits the system enables the busy physician to identify at risk adolescent patients and provide them with information about changing unhealthy behaviors
Developmental dysplasia of the hip maneuvers: feeling of a slip as ephemeral head slips away from the acetabulum causing dislocation. Done by adducting the knee cauaing the femur head to dislocate
Barlow’s maneuver
What birth trauma does not cross the midline of the skull as it is blood under the periosteum and requires closer examination?
Cephalo hematoma
When do children seek simple money making opportunities?
School-aged
Low birth weight, very low birth weight, extremely low birth weight parameters in grams?
Less than 2500 g Less than 1500 g Less than 1000 g
When does lying start?
School-aged
What are some causes of wide fontanels?
Prematurity, IUGR, hydrocephalus, down syndrome, hypothyroidism
What is the AAPs recommendation on screen time between the ages of 2 to 5 years?
No more than one hour per day with parent present
When do fears of the exam begin to appear?
Toddler aged
What are the 2 most common causes of bacterial infection in the second month of life?
S pneumoniae and h influenzae B
Eating disorders: what eating disorder is characterized by eating disturbances weight loss, and refusal to maintain body weight at 85% of expected weight for height causing amenorrhea to ensue?
Inoxia
What age does the AAP not recommend screen time?
Up until 18 months of age
What is the main pharmacologic treatment of ADHD?
CNS stimulants such as methylphenidate and amphetamines
What age should utensils be introduced?
15 to 17 months of age
List two tools or formats for interviewing the adolescent.
H e a d s s format, c r a f f t screening tool
What facial abnormality could point to a vitamin deficiency?
Cheilosis
If a port wine stain does not cross the midline of the face and involves the eye what should you be concerned for?
Sturge Weber
When does birth height double?
4 years of age
How old are toddlers?
1 2 3 years of age
what is the most common newborn rash that appears between two to five days after birth characterized by blotchy red spots on the skin with overlying white or yellow papules or pustules?
Erythema toxicum
When do toddlers and preschoolers get well child checks?
12, 15, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months and then annually at 3, 4, and 5 years
What stage is characterized by the parent child conflict increased conformity to peer groups and more interest in the opposite sex?
Adolescence
What are some environmental influences on ADHD?
Lead and other dietary factors such as food dyes and sugar
Large and small for gestational age percentiles by weight?
Greater than 90th percentile Less than 10th percentile
What are risk factors indicating that a cholesterol test is needed?
Family history of dyslipidemia or premature cardiac disease
What eating disorder is characterized by episodic binge and purge episodes?
Bulimia nervosa
When does the tonic neck reflex disappear in newborns?
3 months
What birth trauma of the scalp crosses the midline as swelling under the skin and results in two to three days?
Caput succedaneum
When does visual acuity approach 20/20?
During the school aged.
When does hand dominance emerge?
During the school aged period
If there is no head lag when pulled to sitting at 6 months what is that a sign of?
Palsy
What are the three diagnostic subtypes of ADHD?
Predominantly inattentive type, predominantly hyperactive impulsive type, and combined type Combined type is the most common
Is stuttering more common among males or females?
Males
What age does stranger danger start?
6 months
As an infant is it normal to feel the edge of the liver?
Yes
At what age do we start checking blood pressures?
3 years of age
What are soft red, raised lumps on the skin that typically in volute as the child ages?
Hemangioma
Causes of symmetrical IUGR SGA?
Genetics, infection, errors of metabolism, environment such as drugs
What are the benign, flat, congenital birthmarks that are often blue and last three to five years after birth?
Mongolian spots
What is Alli’s sign?
Unequal leg length
At what age can children complete pure tone audiometry for hearing evaluations?
Over 3 years of age
What are pinpoint white papules on the face, cheeks, nose commission, and forehead? When do they disappear?
Milia, three to four weeks of life
When do children develop modesty?
School-aged
What causes macroglossia?
An enlarged tongue can be caused by hypothyroidism or mucopolysaccharidosis
What is the difference between pectus carinatum and pectus excavatum?
Pigeon chest versus a sunken chest (caved in)
When should you refer a child that is stuttering? (3 reasons)
Stuttering lasts greater than 6 months, the child is more than 6 years of age, or the child avoids speaking