growth and physical development Flashcards
intrauterine growth depends on
fetal problems
maternal
placental
what do you plot if a baby is premature?
plot the corrected age which is less than the chronological age -
with endocrine problems height or weight gets more affected?
HEIGHT
head circumference at birth is on average
35 cm
How fast does HC increase in the first year
12 cm in the first 12 months
average Wt for babies at birth
remember 35cm, 3.5 kg for weight
5 months doubles
1 year triples
2 year quadruples
Average height at birth
50 cm -
1 year 76 cm
4 years doubles
after the intrauterine growth what is the most rapid growth period
the first year of life!
Childhood > 3 years before adolescence - what is the tempo of growth
growth is >6cm/year
3% of children fall
below the 3rd percentile
when do you investigate a child for abnormal growth”
- Ht «3% ile
- abnormal growth velocity
- ## cross %tiles after age 2
midparental height is if male
= father’s ht + (mother’s ht +12.5cm)/2
midparental height is if male
= (father’s ht- 12.5cm) + (mother’s ht)/2
first sign of puberty in females
breast development THEN growth spurt
first sign of puberty in males
Testicular enlargement
peak growth spurt is later -
