Infant Health Flashcards
______ _____ _______
a) Promotes health and positive development outcomes
b) Proactive screening
c) Promotion strategies, specific screening and anticipatory guidance
Child Health Supervision
Proactive screening in children is known as?
Well Child Check (WCC)
The newborn period is ____ months
1 to 2 months
The newborn period is ____months
1 to 12 months
The physical focus should look at
a) Gross motor or (________)
b) Fine motor (_____>______) development
a) cephalocaudal
b) proximal > distal
Focus on cognitive with infant health focuses on?
Sensorimotor
Focus on Psychosocial known as?
Developing test
According to Bright Futures guidelines, the schedule for an infant from age two weeks to one year is at two weeks followed by 2, ___, 6, 9, and 12 months.
2
If discharged from the hospital prior to ___ hours, the first visit should be within three to five days.
48 hours
Stage Appropriate Screening:
1) _______ data
2) Objective data
a) physical examination
3) Streening
a) TB screening not universally done; based on risk
b) Development screening [ Denver Developmental
Screening Test, second education (Denver II) or
the equivalent for children < or equal 6 years of age
4) Laboratory
a) Bilirubin if indicated
b) Hematocrit
1) Subjective data
Hematocrit between __, 9, and 12 months, unless otherwise indicated
6
Head circumference in Infant Is collected until what age?
Up to two years
Physical examination: Necessary elements include what?
1) Length
2) Weight
3) Head circumference
4) Serial measurements recorded with standardized charting
5) dental development
6) ____ _____
7) head size, shape, and fontanels
8) head control by 4 months
9) no lag when pulled to sitting
10) assess for neck masses
11) close inspection of the head for evidence of syndromes previously presented
12) skin variations
13) assess for periorbital edema
14) flattened or flaring nose
15) nasal discharge
16) mouth/ throat exam
17) voice
18) chest/ lung exam
6) vital signs
Head circumference is up to how many years?
2 years
Head control by ____ months?
4 months
No lag when pulled to sitting at ___ months; lag may be the first sign of palsy
6 months
Mouth/throat exam: History may indicate abnormalities
a) too little/ too much _____
b) sleeping with a bottle
c) unusual tooth eruption sequence
d) fissures at lip corners: vitamin deficiency
e) asymmetrically enlarged tonsils
fluoride
Fissures at lip corners from vitamin defficiency AKA?
Cheilosis
Asymmetric enlargement tonsils may suggest what?
Tonsillar lymphoma
Shrill, high pitch voice in the infant may indicate?
increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
Chest/lung exam in an infant:
a) diaphragmatic breathers
b) Pectus carinatum (pigeon chest)
c) Pectus excavatum
d) gynecomastia/ galactorrhea up to ___ months of age
3 months
Pectus carinatum also called?
pigeon chest
This is a sunken chest; the most common congenital deformity of the anterior wall of the chest
Pectus excavatum
Abdomen in an infant is:
a) prominent
b) liver edges palpable ____ cm below right costal margin
c) diastasis recti
b) 1 to 2 cm