Pediatrics Flashcards
First teeth
6-8 months
First food
6 months
Crawling
9 months
Assisted walking
10-14 months
Unassisted walking
12-18 months
Talking: 10-15 word vocabulary
18 months
Umbilical cord falls off in how many days?
7-10 days
What fontanelle closes at 3 months
Posterior fontanelle
What fontanelle closes at 2 years
Anterior fontanelle
What indicates dehydration?
Depressed fontanelle
What happens to fontanelle due to intracranial pressure from brain tumor; possible excessive crying
Bulging fontanelle
APGAR score checks for what?
- Heart rate (pulse)
- Respiratory rate
- Color (appearance)
- Muscle tone (grimace)
- Reflex activity
- ** Does NOT check for WEIGHT ***
When is the APGAR score checked?
1 minute & 5 minutes after birth *****
Fuzzy hair on baby who is born premature?
Lanugo
1st discharge from the intestine of newborn (poop)
Meconium