General Pediatrics Flashcards
Birthweight doubles by?
4 months
Birthweight triples by?
1 year
Birth length increased by 50% by?
1 year
Birth length doubles by?
4 years
Birth length triples by?
13 years
Growth rate of head circumference between 0 to 6 months
1 cm per month
Growth rate of head circumference between 6 to 12 months
0.5 cm per month
Define Macrocephaly
Head circumference greater than 98th percentile for age
Define Microcephaly
Head circumference less than 2nd percentile for age
Craniosynostosis versus Positional Plagiocephaly
Craniosynostosis is deformation of the skull due to premature fusion of one or more sutures; Positional Plagiocephaly has normal sutures and parallelogram head shape
Craniosynostosis should be corrected before what age?
5 months
Rate of CSF production in normal child
20 mL per hour
Volume of CSF in infant
50 mL
Volume of CSF in adult
150 mL
Rate of weight growth up to 2 months of age
30 grams per day
Rate of weight growth between 3 to 4 months
20 grams per day
Number of words at 18 months
10 to 15 words
Number of words at 24 months
50 to 100 words
Visual acuity at 20/30 at what age?
3 years
Visual acuity at 20/20 at what age?
4 years
Handedness establishes by what age?
3 years
Criteria for legally blind
Corrected vision 20/200 or worse
Name all the live vaccines (8)
Intranasal Influenza MMR Varicella Oral Polio Rotavirus BCG Oral Typhoid Yellow Fever
Vaccine containing clinical significant of egg material
Yellow Fever