[MS] Growth/Development Flashcards
What is the average height of an adult child when compared to their parents?
Within 5cm (above or below) their midparental height
What is the calculation for midparental height for boys?
[Parental Height + Maternal Height + 13cm] / 2
What is the calculation for midparental height for girls?
[Maternal Height + Paternal Height - 13cm] / 2
What are the important pearls to know regarding infant weight and head circumference?
Weight doubles by 4 months and triples by 12 months.
The head grows a 0.5cm/week from 0 to 2 months
What is the best way to evaluate macrocephaly in an infant?
Head ultrasound
What is the best way to evaluate microcephaly in an infant?
Head CT or MRI
What is the most common suture to fuse in craniosynostosis?
Sagittal suture
What type of craniosynostosis causes a “windblown” appearance of the orbits?
Coronal craniosynostosis
Name the syndrome associated with premature bilateral coronal suture closure, coarse facial features, normal IQ, and normal hands and feet?
Crouzon syndrome
Name the syndrome associated with premature closure of multiple sutures, low IQ, and syndactyly of the hands and feet?
Apert syndrome
Name the syndrome associated with premature closure of multiple sutures, low IQ, syndactyly of the hands and feet, congenital heart disease, corneal opacities, and other orthopedic anomalies?
Carpenter syndrome
Name the syndrome associated with a clover-leaf skull (brachycephaly), mid-face hypoplasia, and finger/toe anomalies?
Pfeiffer syndrome
What time of inheritance is multiple craniosynostosis of sutures?
Autosomal dominant
By what age do the following reflexes disappear:
A) Palmar grasp?
B) Moro?
A) 2 to 3 months
B) 3 to 4 months
What are the ages for the following milestones:
A) Roll front-to-back?
B) Roll back-to-front?
C) Sit with support?
A) 4 to 5 months
B) 5 to 6 months
C) 6 months
What is the age of the patient:
1) Rolls back-to-front
2) Transfers objects between hands
3) Uses the thumb to grasp a cube
4) Has separation anxiety
6 months
What is the age of the patient:
1) Plays “Pat-A-Cake”
2) Pulls to stand
3) Separation anxiety present
9 months
What is the age of the patient:
1) Uses fingertip and distal thumb
2) Has first words
3) Walking
12 months
What is the age of the following milestones: A) Tower of two cubes? B) Scribbles? C) Vertical lines? D) Uses cup? E) Uses spoon? F) Uses fork?
A) 13 to 15 months B) 15 months C) 18 months D) 15 to 18 months E) 2 years F) 4 years
What is the age of the following milestones:
A) Pull to stand?
B) Up and down stairs, two feet per step?
C) Up and down stairs, one foot per step?
D) Hops on one foot?
E) Skips?
A) 9 months B) 2 years C) 4 years D) 4 years E) 5 to 6 years
What is the age of the following milestones: A) Social smile? B) Smiles at mirror? C) Waves "bye-bye"? D) Dresses self? E) Ties shoelaces?
A) 1 to 2 months B) 4 months C) 10 months D) 3 years E) 5 years
What is the age of the following milestones: A) Parallel play? B) Fantasy play? C) Cooperative play? D) Fantasy versus Reality?
A) 2 years
B) 3 years
C) 3 to 4 years
D) 5 years
What is the age of the following milestones: A) Coos? B) Babbles? C) "Mama" or "Dada"? D) First true words? E) 2-word sentences? F) 3 to 4 word sentences? G) Speech perfectly understood?
A) 2 to 4 months B) 6 months C) 9 months D) 12 months E) 18 to 24 months F) 3 years G) 4 years
Draw the statistical model four-square and correctly label its components.
Disease + Disease -
Test + | A | B
Test - | C | D
What are the calculations for:
1) Sensitivity?
2) Specificity?
3) Positive-predictive value?
4) Negative-predictive value?
1) A / (A+C)
2) D / (D+B)
3) A / (A+B)
4) D / (D+C)
What is the mnemonic for sensitivity and specificity?
SPin and SNout.
How do you calculate prevalence?
(A+C) / (A+B+C+D)
What information can be gleamed from a Case Control study?
Cause and Effect (retrospective study)
What is a Type I and Type II error?
Type I – Concluding there is a difference when one does not exist
Type II – Concluding there is not a difference when one is present
What is the calculation for relative risk?
(Incidence of disease in exposed) divided by (Incidence of disease in unexposed)
What is the calculation for the number needed to treat?
The inverse of the difference between the placebo and treatment mortality
By what age should all children have completed a hearing screen/evaluation?
3 months
What is the calculation for BMI?
kg/(m*m)
At what age should routine blood pressure monitoring start?
3 years
What are the recommendations for fasting cholesterol screening?
Once between 9 and 11 years, and again between 17 and 21 years
At what age should MCHAT screening occur?
At the 18 and 24 month visits