Formulas And Calculations

Question 1

Inc in wt per day by child?

Answer 1

10 days-3m - 30g/day
3-6m - 20g/day
6-9m - 15g/day
9-12m - 12g/day

Question 2

Malnutrition grading?

Answer 2

Normal >80% of expected wt
Grade 1- 71-80%
Grade 2- 61-70%
Grade 3- 51-60%
Grade 4<50%

Question 3

Expected of 1yr child

Answer 3

10 kg

Question 4

Weech’s formula for wt when birth wt not present?

Answer 4

3-12m 
(Age in m + 9)/2 kg
12m-6y
(Age in y x 2) + 8 kg
6y-12y
[(Age in y x 7)- 5]/2 kg

Question 5

Calorie req?

Answer 5

0-3 m - 115kcal/kg/day
3-6m - 99 kcal/kg/day
6-9m - 95kcal/kg/day
9-12m - 100kcal/kg/day

And then add 100 after every 1 yr
So at 2 yr - 1000 + 100 kcal/day

Question 6

Food req for calories?

Answer 6

Carb - 60%
Fats - 30%
Proteins - 10%

Question 7

After 10y

Calories req?

Answer 7

Males - 2500kcal/day

Females - 2200kcal/day

Question 8

Wt ac to birth wt?

Answer 8

2xbw at 5m
3xbw at 1y
4xbw at 2y
5xbw at 3y
6xbw at 5y
7xbw at 7y
10xbw at 10y

Question 9

Ht at birth inc?

Answer 9

0-3m - 3.5cm/m
3-6m - 2cm/m
6-9m - 1.5cm/m
9-12m - 1cm/m

Question 10

Ht at birth?

Answer 10

59cm

Question 11

Between 2-12y ht by?

Answer 11

Ht = age in y x 6 + 77 cm

Question 12

Us:ls at birth?

At 3,6,7-10y?

Answer 12

At birth - 1.7
3y - 1.3
6y - 1.1
7-10y - 1

Question 13

Arm span = standing ht at

Answer 13

10 y

Question 14

Hc = cc at

Answer 14

9m - 12m

Question 15

Head circumference at birth?

Answer 15

35 cm

Question 16

Inc in hc

Answer 16

0-3m - 2cm/m
3-6m - 1cm/m
6-12m - 0.5cm/m
1y - birth + 12
2y - +3
3y - +3
4y - +1
5y - +1