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Child Assessment
Test#1
Question | Answer |
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Systolic BP 1-7 yrs | age in years + 90 |
Systolic BP 8-18 yrs | 2 x age in years + 83 |
Dyastolic BP 1-5 years | 56 |
Dyastolic BP 6-18 yrs | age in years + 52 |
Axillary temp | 1 degree less than oral |
Rectal temp | 1 degree higher than oral |
Normal temp | 98.6 degrees orally |
Tympanic temp | most accurate |
Growth chart | should stay steady between the 5th to 95th percentile |
How long is head circumference performed | til the age of 3 |
When checking the 6 cardinal fields | look for nastagmus |
Cranial Nerve III | Oculomotor |
Cranial Nerve IV | Trochlear |
Cranial Never VI | Abducens |
Testing extra occular muscles | Cranial Nerve III,IV,VI tested together |
Cranial Nerve II | optic |
vision before three months | they say they see double |
Vision for 3-4 yrs | 20/40 (start screening for eye problems) |
Vision by age 5 | 20/30 |
Cranial Nerve III | Acoustic |
Cranial Nerve I | Olfactory |
By what age should a child have all of his teeth | 3yrs |
Cranial Nerve X | Vagus ( say aaahhhh and observe uvula) |
Cranial Nerve XII | Hypoglossal |
Cranial Nerve IX | Glossopharyngeal (gag reflex) |
Cranial Nerve VII | Facial (taste and facial movements) |
Cranial Nerve XI | Spinal accessory ( turn head against resistance) |
Chest diameter at birth | 1:1 |
Chest diameter for 1yr | 1:1.25 |
Chest diameter for 6yr | 1:1.35 |
Chest diameter for adolescent | 1:2 |
S1 heart sounds | closing of the tricuspid & mitral valve |
S2 heart sounds | closing of the aortic & pulmonic valve |
Apical pulse for <7yrs | 4th intercostal space |
Apical pulse >7 years | 5th intercostal space |
Apical pulse < 4yrs | left MCL |
Apical pulse >4yrs | medial to MCL |
Grade I Heart Murmur | Very faint (hardly able to hear) |
Grade II Heart Murmur | Quiet but heard easily (quieter than heart sounds) |
Grade III Heart Murmur | moderately loud (as loud as cardiac sounds) |
Grade IV Heart Murmur | loud palpable thrill |
Grade V Heart Murmur | very loud, maybe heard with stethoscope partly off chest |
Grade VI Heart Murmur | Very loud, can be heard with stethoscope entirely of the chest |
0 pulse | no pulse |
+1 pulse | difficult to palpate, thready and week |
+2 pulse | obliterated easy with pressure |
+3 pulse | Normal |
+4 pulse | bounding |
0 Reflex | no response |
+1 reflex | hyporeflexive |
+2 relfex | normal |
+3 reflex | hyperreflexive |
Bicep reflex | place thumb on bicep tendon (located in the antecubital fossa)-strike with pointed end of hammer hear-forearm may move and your thumb should feel the jerk |
Triceps tendon reflex | hold arm abducted and bent at elbow-strike tendon directly with pointed end-the forearm should move slightly |
Quadriceps Reflex | strike tendon just below the patella |
Achilles reflex | support foot in dorsiflexion position-tap achilles tendon and you should feel the foot move downward in your hand |
Clonus reflex | support the knee in a partially flexed position-with your hand -sharply dorsiflex the foot and maintain it in dorsiflexion-look and feel for rythmic oscillation between dorsiflexion and plantarflexion |
Denver II | a screening test that is used to detect children that might be slow in development-four parts- personal/social, fine motor adaptive, language, gross motor |