Well Child/ Pediatrics Flashcards
When can a child start to use a front facing car seat?
- 1 year old and weighing at least 20lbs
What measurements should be taken at every well child visit?
- Height, weight, and head circumference should be measured and plotted on a growth chart.
At what age should children have their blood pressure checked?
Children >3yo can have their blood pressure checked
What is considered “failure to thrive”?
Failure to thrive is defined as weight below the third or fifth percentile for age OR decelerations of growth decelerations of growth that have crossed two major growth percentile in a short period of time.
What screening tests are required of all newborns in all states?
- PKU
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Hearing screening by auditory brainstem response or evoked otoacoustic emission
- Hemoglobinopathies, galactosemia, and other inborn errors in metabolism are also often screened
When should universal screening of lead poisoning be done according to the CDC?
- 9-12months and again at 2 years in communities where >27% of homes were built before 1950s (or >12% have a venous lead concentration more than 10micrograms/dL)
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 1 month old?
Motor: reaction to pain
Language: responds to noise
Social: regards human face; establishes eye contact
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 2 month old?
Motor: eyes follow object to midline; head up prone
Language: vocalizes
Social: social smile; recognizes parent
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 4 month old?
Motor: eyes follow object past midline; rolls over
Language: laughs and squeals
Social: regards hand
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 6 month old?
Motor: sits well unsupported; transfers objects hand to hand; rolls prone to supine
Language: babbles
Social: recognizes strangers
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 9 month old?
Motor: pincer grasp (10months); crawls; cruises
Language: mama/dada, bye bye
Social: starts to explore
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 1 year old?
Motor: walks; throws objects
Language: 1-3 words; 1 step commands
Social: stranger and separation anxiety
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 2 year old?
Motor: walks up and down stairs; copies a line; runs; kicks a ball
Language: 2-3 word phrases; strangers can understand half; refers to self by name and pronouns
Social: parallel play
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 3 year old?
Motor: Copies a circle; tricycle; can build a bridge of 3 cubes; repeats 3 numbers
Language:speaks in sentences, 3/4 of speech is understood by strangers; recognizes 3 colors
Social: group play, simple games, knows gender, and first and last name
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 4 year old?
Motor: identifies body parts; copies a cross/square; hops on one foot, throws overhand
Language: speech is fully comprehensible, uses past tense, can tell a story
Social: plays with kids, social interaction
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 5 year old?
Motor: copies a triangle, catches a ball, partially dresses self
Language: writes name, counts 10 objects
What are the motor, language, and social milestones of a 6 year old?
Motor: draws a person with 6 parts, ties shoes, skips with alternating feet
Language: identifies left and right
What is the most common cause of anemia in children?
Iron deficiency anemia
What is the cover uncover test?
- Child focuses on an object with both eyes and the examiner covers one eye
- Strabismus is suggested when the uncovered eye deviates to focus on the object
- Strabismus requires an immediate referral to a pediatric ophthalmologist as early intervention can reduce amblyopia
At what age can a child be put in a booster type seat with shoulder/lap seat belts?
- > 1yo and 20-40lbs
When can children sit without a booster seat?
When they are 4’9”
What sleeping position reduces sudden infant death syndrome?
Placing the child to sleep on its back reduces incidence of sudden infant death syndrome.
* A firm mattress with nothing else in the crib is also advised
What vaccinations should be given at birth?
- Hep B
When are the Hep B vaccinations given?
1) At birth
2) 1-2 months
3) 6-18months
Given a total of 3 times
What vaccinations are given at 2 months?
- Hep B (1-2 months)
- Rotavirus
- Dtap
- Hib
- Pneumococcal
- Inactivated polio
What vaccinations are given at 4 months?
APART FROM Hep B, SAME AS 2 MONTHS:
- Rotavirus
- Dtap
- Hib
- Pneumococcal
- Inactivated polio
What vaccinations are given at 6 months?
- Hep B (any time 6 months- 18 months)
- Rotavirus
- Dtap
- Hib
- Pneumococcal
- Inactivated polio (anytime form 6 months-18 months)
- Flu (yearly)
At what age can children begin to receive the annual flu vaccine?
- 6 months
What vaccinations are given at 12 months?
- Hep B (any time 6 months- 18 months)
- Hib (last/4th dose from 12-15 months)
- Pneumococcal (last/4th dose, anytime from 12-15 months)
- Inactivated polio (4th dose, anytime from 6-18 months)
- Yearly flu
- MMR ( anytime 12-18 months)
- Varicella ( anytime 12-18 months)
- Hep A 2 doses ( anytime 1-2 years)
When should the DTaP vaccine be given?
1) 2 months
2) 4 months
3) 6 months
4) 15-18 months
5) 4-6 years
6) 11-12 years (Tdap)
When should the polio vaccine be given?
1) 2 months
2) 4 months
3) 6 -18 months
4) 4-6 years
When is the MMR vaccine given?
1) 12-18 months
2) 4-6 years
When is the varicella vaccine given?
1) 12-18 months
2) 4-6 years
When should the meningococcal vaccine be given?
11-12 years
When should the HPV vaccine be given?
11-12 years (3 doses)
What inherited forms of anemia can be seen in children?
- sickle cell disease
- thalassemias
- G6PD deficiency
When can cervical cancer screening (i.e. pap smears) be initiated?
- Age 21 and every 3 years until age 30; then can be every 5 years with HPV testing
What is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes?
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
What genetic condition is associated with aortic root dilation/dissection?
- Marfan syndrome