CA powerpoint-- Normal Growth and Development Flashcards
considered primary care
pediatrics
pediatrics Patient population
newborn to age 21
how do we measure growth and development?
height
weight
vital signs
measure to same gender and age!
milestones they have to meet
overall goal of well child visits
disease prevention and health promotion
Frequency of well child visits
1-2 weeks then at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24 months then annually thereafter
what are you addressing at a well child visit?
- concerns of parents caregivers
- check growth and development
- immunizations
- screening tests
- anticipatory guidance
physical exam, growth charts, milestones
thing checked in growth and development part
disease and health prevention at a young age can result in _______ health outcomes for decades
improved
ASK!
Build report
provide written informaiton
address concerns of parents/caregivers
- -> Follows predictable pathway: kids go further they don’t go backwards (ie. if they can stand … if they come in again and can’t stand you have an issue)
- ->Wide range of ‘normal’
- ->Various factors affect development
- ->Child’s developmental level affects how you conduct the history & physical exam
Principles of child development
physical cognitive social environmental diseases
various factors that affect development
Remember – document source of info & reliability
Prenatal history – maternal health (exposure to alcohol, drugs, Rxs)
Gestational age at birth – preterm?
Immediate postnatal history – Apgar, hospital course
Medications/allergies- this might effect growth and development
Past medical history – immunization status, screening tests (blood test taken right after birth)
Family history – inherited d/o
Social history – living arrangement, substance use exposures
History taking for a well child visit
when do you start checking BP and how often
at age 3, check annually
physical exam
growth charts
MIlestones
other things to check for growth and development
Physical Development (fine motor skills, gross motor skills)
Cognitive and language development
Social and Emotional Development
Milestones
Typical child follows trajectory of increasing physical size & increasing complexity of function
Normal Growth & Development
Child _____ birth weight within 1st year
triples
child achieves _______ of brain size by age 2.5-3 years old
two-thirds
birth to 36 months
infant
Growth Chart
Infants, birth to 36 months
Length-for-age and weight-for-age
Head circumference-for-age and weight-for-length
2 to 20
children and adolescents
Growth chart
children and adolescents, 2 to 20
Stature-for-age and weight-for-age
BMI-for-age : start measuring at 2
Weight-for-stature (ages 2 to 5 years only)
in children normal BP is based on
age, gender, height
in children hypertension is defined as:
either systolic and/or diastolic BP >95th percentile measures on 3 or more occasions. the cuff size should be carefully matched to the size of the patients arm to avoid inaccurate measurements