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Lecture 5 & 6 Growth and Develop and Endocrine Problems in Childhood Flashcards

1
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Name measurement techniques performed to asses a Childs growth and development

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Height
Length
Sitting Height
Head circumference

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Name charts used for measuring and plotting data in assessing growth and development

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RCPCH UK 2-18 growth chart
Birth centiles
Parent height comparator
Mid parental gentile scale
Predicted adult height scale
Target height
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3
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How is the potential height if a child calculated

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add together the father’s height and the mother’s height divide this by two
add 7cm to the total
this gives the mid parental centile

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B1

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Prepubertal

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B2

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Brest bud

Enlargement of areola

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B3

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Further enlargement of breast and areola

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B4

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Areola and papilla form a secondary mound

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B5

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Mature stage

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G1

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Prepubertal

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G2

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Enlargement of scrotum and testes

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G3

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Enlargement of penis length and further growth of testes

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G4

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Increased size of penis with growth in breadth and development of glands

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G5

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Adult genitalia

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14
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PH1

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Prepubertal

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PH2

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Sparse growth of long hair, slightly pigment

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PH3

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Darker, coarser and more curled hair, sparsely spreading over junction of pubes

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PH4

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Hair adult in type, but covering smaller area than adult, no spread to medial surface of thighs

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PH5

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Adult hair in type and quantity

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19
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T 1-3ml

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Prepubertal

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T4ml +

21
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T12-25ml

22
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Small testes are an indicator of what

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primary or secondary hypogonadism

23
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Factors influencing height

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  • Age
  • Sex
  • Race
  • Nutrition
  • Parental Heights
  • Puberty
  • Skeletal maturity
  • General Health
  • Chronic disease
  • Specific growth disorders
  • Socio-economic status
  • Emotional well-being
24
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Describe normal growth in the infinite stage

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 Rapid period of growth 0-2 years

 Depends in factors such as nutrition and IGF1 & IGF2

25
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Describe the normal growth during childhood

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 Long phase of growth from 2-12 years
 Slower, slightly decelerating curve
 More dependent on growth hormone and thyroxine

26
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Describe the normal growth during the pubertal stage

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 From around 12 to final height

 Dependent in the sex steroid hormone (testosterone and oestrogen)

27
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What are the most important pubertal stages in girls and boys

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• Breast budding (Tanner stage B2) in a girl
• Testicular enlargement (Tanner stage G2-T 3-4ml) in boy
Earliest sign of puberty

28
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Indicator for growth disorder referral

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  • Extreme short or tall (off centiles)
  • Height below target height
  • Abnormal height velocity (crossing centiles)
  • History of chronic disease
  • Obvious dysmorphic syndrome
  • Early/late puberty
29
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Common causes of short stature

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  • Familial
  • Constitutional- temporary delay in the skeletal growth
  • SGA/IUGR
30
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Pathological causes of short stature

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•	Undernutrition
•	Chronic illness
•	Iatrogenic (steroids)
•	Physiological and Social
•	Hormonal (GHD, hypothyroidism)
•	Syndrome 
	Turner
	Prader-Willi
	Noonan’s
	Achondroplasia
31
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Constitutional delay of growth and puberty mainly occurs in

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Boys

People with FH in dad or brother

32
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Other causes of delayed puberty

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  • Gonadal dysgenesis (Turner 45X, Klinefelter 47 XXY)
  • Chronic disease (Crohn’s, asthma)
  • Impaired HPG axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal)- septo-optic dysplasia, craniopharyngioma, Kallman’s syndrome
  • Peripheral (cryptorchidism, testicular irradiation)
33
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Management of new born with ambiguous genitalia

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 Do not guess the sex
 MDT approach (paed. endo, surg., neonatologist, geneticist, psychologist)
 Exam: gonads/internal organs
 Karyotype
 Exclude congenital adrenal hyperplasia- risk of adrenal crisis in first 2 weeks of

34
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Causes of congenital hypothyroidism

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 Athyreosis ( absence or functional deficiency of the thyroid gland) /hypoplastic (incomplete development)/ectopic (not located in its usual position)
 Dyshormonogenic

35
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Whats the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism

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autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s)

36
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What childhood issues an arise with acquired hypothyroidism

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 Lack of height gain
 Pubertal delay
 Poor school performance

37
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What BMI is classified as obese

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BMI> 97.5th centile or SD >2

38
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What BMI is classified as overweight

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BMI >85th centile or SD >1.04

39
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How is Obesity assessed

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  • Weight
  • BMI
  • Height
  • Waist circumference
  • Skin folds
  • History and examination
  • Complications
40
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Name complications of obesity

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  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Fatty liver disease
  • Gallstones
  • PCOS
  • Nutritional deficiencies
  • Thromboembolic disease
  • Pancreatitis
  • Central hypoventilation
  • Obstructive sleep apnoea
  • GORD
  • Orthopaedic problems
  • Stress incontinence
  • Injuries
  • Psychological
  • LVH
  • Atherosclerotic CVD
  • Right sided heart failure
41
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Drugs that causes obesity

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Insulin
Steroids
Antithyroid drugs
Sodium valproate

42
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Syndromes that are linked to obesity

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 Prader Willi
 Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome
 Pseduohypoparathyroidism type 1
 Down’s syndrome

43
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Endocrine disorders linked to obesity

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	Hypothyroidism
	Growth Hormone deficiency
	Glucocortiocoid excess
	Hypothalmic lesion (tumour/trauma/infection)
	Androgen excess
	Insulinoma
	Insulin resistance syndromes
	Leptin deficiency 
	Growth failure
44
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Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes in children

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Thirst
Weight Loss
Tired
Using the Toilet more

45
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Symptoms of type 1 diabetes in children under 5

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  • Heavier than usual nappies
  • Blurred vision
  • Candidiasis (oral, vulval)
  • Constipation
  • Recurring skin infections
  • Irritability, behaviour change
46
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Steps involved in making an early diagnosis for children with suspected diabetes

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THINK symptoms
Test immediately
Telephone

47
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if finger prick capillary glucose test is >11mmol/l the patient is

48
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if finger prick capillary glucose test is <11mmol/l the patient is

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not diabetic and there is another cause of the symptoms

49
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Symptoms fo DKA

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  • Nausea & Vomiting
  • Abdominal pain
  • Sweet smelling ketotic breath
  • Drowsiness
  • Rapid, deep sighing respiration
  • Coma

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