Growth charts

Question 1

What two measurements are required for plotting on a growth chart?

Answer 1

Length

Weight

Question 2

When is further assessment required ?

Answer 2

If length has decreased by more than 2 centiles
If weight/height/BMI is less than 0.4 centile
If height centile is 3 or more below mid-parental centile

Question 3

At what ages are female puberty queried for potential issues?

Answer 3

Puberty before 8 or after 16

Question 4

What is required to work out BMI?

Answer 4

Height centile

Weight centile

Question 5

What centile of BMI suggests overweight?

Answer 5

91

Question 6

What centile of BMI suggests obesity?

Answer 6

98

Question 7

What is the line in the middle of the chart called?

Answer 7

50th centile/median

Question 8

How far apart are gentile lines placed?

Answer 8

2/3 of a SD apart

Question 9

How should babies be weighed?

Answer 9

No clothes or nappy.

Question 10

When is height measured?

Answer 10

After 2 yrs or before if concerned

Question 11

How should the chart be plotted?

Answer 11

In pencil and the dots should not join

Question 12

What is the average age of girls entering puberty?

Boys?

Answer 12

11 years

6 months later

Question 13

How many stages are there in Tanner scale?

Answer 13

5

Question 14

What is the Tanner scale?

Answer 14

Shows stages of pubertal maturity

Question 15

What is precocious puberty?

Answer 15

Pubertal development occuring early.

Question 16

At what stage is pubertal delay said to occur?

Answer 16

> 13 F

>14 M

Question 17

What is menarche?

Answer 17

Begin of periods

Question 18

What is thelarche?

Answer 18

Breast budding

Question 19

What is constitutional growth delay?

Answer 19

Late maturation causing short stature