Intro to Pediatrics Flashcards
What is the typical age range of patients that pediatricians see? What are the exceptions?
Birth to 21
Patients with special needs may receive care from a physician up until age 26 or older
Goals of pediatric care (2)
- Optimize growth and development
2. Understand normal growth, development, and behavior
Key components of pediatric health promotion (7)
- Age appropriate developmental achievements
- Health supervision visits
- Integration of physical exam findings with health promotion
- Immunizations
- Screening labs and procedures
- Anticipatory guidance
- Partnership between physician, child/adolescent, and family
Differences in obtaining a pediatric patient’s history vs. an adult patient
Mainly, patient’s parent(s) are the historian, but older children may provide some of their own history
Components of pediatric history (5)
- Prenatal and birth history
- Developmental history
- Social history of family
- Environmental risks (i.e. lead exposure, mold, swimming pool at home, etc.)
- Immunization history
What may be difficult about obtaining a pediatric patient’s history?
Parents have preconceived ideas and concerns about child’s illness
Health maintenance visits must address what important general concerns? (2)
Medical and psychosocial
development, nutrition, growth, etc.
What are the subdivisions of pregnancy and birth history? (4)
- Maternal and paternal medical and genetic history
- Maternal past obstetric history
- Current antepartum and intrapartum obstetric history (i.e. how did the birth go?)
- Apgar scores (quantified score regarding how baby is doing after birth)
Other components/considerations regarding pediatric history? (2)
- Feeding history
2. Family history
What are the subdivisions of family history? (6)
- Developmental disabilities
- Congenital abnormalities or syndromes
- Chromosomal problems
- Growth problems
- Consanguinity
- Ethnic background
What are the subdivisions of social history? (6)
- Living situation
- Composition of family
- Pets
- Parents occupations
- Daycare
- Smoking
Understanding the normal physical, cognitive, and social development facilitates ________ ________ and ________ ________ and is the basis for distinguishing ________ from ________ findings
effective interviews; physical examinations; normal; abnormal
Understanding ________ ________ helps better focus the physician and patient interaction
developmental stages
The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) recommends that physicians and other healthcare providers use what for infants as young as several months of age?
Standardized Screening Instruments
At what ages do you assess developmental milestones? (11)
- 2 months
- 4 months
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 12 months
- 15 months
- 18 months
- 24 months
- 3 years
- 4 years
- 5 years
Who publishes guidelines for health supervision visits and the key age appropriate components of these visits?
The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Immunizations are a mainstay for ________ ________ and have been heralded as the most ________ clinical achievement in public health worldwide
health promotion; significant
What are the pediatric age specific screenings and their associated ages? (13)
- Behavioral and mental health (all ages)
- Blood pressure (after age 3)
- BMI (after age 2)
- Cholesterol screening (ages 9-11 and 17-21)
- Dental assessments (age of first tooth; varies)
- Developmental screenings (at key ages)
- Hearing screen (birth and whenever there are concerns)
- Newborn metabolic screening (birth and between 1-2 weeks of age)
- STIs (sexually active adolescents)
- TB risk assessment (should be evaluated after 1 year)
- Vision screening (at age 3 and yearly afterwards)
- Lead screening (12 months and 24 months)
- Hemoglobin (12 months; if premature, test at birth and 4 months)
What is growth is an indication of? (3)
- Overall well being
- Status of chronic disease
- Interpersonal and physiologic stress
Babies gain approximately how many lbs a month for the next 3 months following birth?
2 lbs
Babies are expected to have doubled their birth weight by the time they are how old?
4-5 months
What is the expected weight loss in the first few days following birth?
Loss of 5-10% of birth weight
When should babies be back up to birth weight?
7-10 days of age
Babies are expected to have tripled their birth weight by the time they are how old?
12 months
Babies are expected to have quadrupled their birth weight by the time they are how old?
2 years
What is the average birth weight of a baby?
3.5 kg (7.7 lbs)
Average weight for a 1 year old baby
10 kg (22 lbs)
Average weight for a 5 year old child
20 kg (44 lbs)
Average weight for a 10 year old child
30 kg (66 lbs)
Average daily weight gain during first 3-4 months
20-30 g (0.7-1 oz)
Average daily weight gain during 5-12 months
15-20 g (0.5-0.7 oz)
Average length at birth
20 inches
Average length for a 1 year old baby
30 inches
Average length for a 3 year old child
3 feet