Well Child-Care Flashcards
What does circumcision reduce the risk of until 9 months of age?
UTIs and pyelonephritis
What is there a higher risk of acquiring in uncircumcised male?
STD, penile cancer, and cerivcial CA in partners
Growth measurements that cause concern
weight falls 2 percentile lines, wt below 5%, head size passing 2 percentile lines
First thing you need to check if there is a language delay in child
hearing
High impact anticipatory guidance tips
no smoking (increased risk of SIDS, AOM, asthma, cough, URI) and read to child (increase school performance)
Why shouldn’t we give a little child honey?
Clostridium botulisum
Injury prevention for 3 year visit
Gun safety, stranger danger, water safety
Important to stress at 5 year visit
regular physical activity
Newborn heart rate
120-160
2 weeks to 6 months heart rate
145
Respiratory rate 0-1 yrs
24-38 rpm
BP for one year old
85/40
How does height affect BP in children?
shorter children will have lower BP and taller children will have higher BP
Do topical steroids cause significant growth stunting?
NO. it is more likely that an asthmatic will have more growth stunting from uncontrolled asthma than from topical steroids
