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PED Physican Exam

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Temperature   Rectal temp most accurate at any age: mandatory under age 1, ideal up to age 3. Do not check on older child! other sites: oral, axillary, typanic. Nl can range from 97-100.3  
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BP checks usually start at age   3. Use correct cuff size. Considered nl when systolic and diastolic <90th percentile for child's age, sex and height.  
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HBP   average SBP and/or DBP for age, sex and height ≥ 95th percentile  
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RR (infants: count for a full minute)   20-40 early childhood, 15-25 late childhood. Approaches adult levels by age 15 years.  
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HR   radial pulses okay, brachial or femoral may be better in younger kids  
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Weight   Baby - naked, use same scale at each visit  
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Height   Measure lying down up to age 2  
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Head circumference   Up to age 2 at each well child visit: Measure over occiput and just above eyebrowsgenetic factors influence head size  
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First step of further investigation for a high BMI:   remeasure  
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General Survey: skin, hair and nails   After first year of life exam techniques similar to adult exam, Look and feel for rashes. Common causes: bacterial infxn, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, dermatophytic infxn  
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Nl BMI   between 5th and 85th percentile  
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Overweight BMI   Between 85th and 95th percentile  
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Screen visual acuity at every well exam starting at age   3. 1yr: 20/200, <4 yrs: 20/40. >4 years: 20/30  
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Nose inspection   inspect turbinates for bogginess and edema (other signs of allergy, inspect for patency, polyps and foreign bodies  
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Mouth and Pharynx Examination   gums, mucosal surfaces, posterior pharynx and teeth  
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nuchal rigidity   nuchal rigidity more reliable sign of meningitis in children than classic meningeal signs  
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Heart exam   sinus arrythmia nl. Murmurs are common: physiologic, up to 50% of all children, systolic, short, grade 3 of less, loudest at left sternal border  
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Diastolic murmur   something to worry about  
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Murmurs that are not innocent are   loud, harsh, or heard in diastole. associated with signs of malnourishment, associated with sx of heart failure, change with provocative maneuvers  
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Female Genitalia exam   external genital exams annually. Document tanner scales, labia majora and minora flatten, frog leg position in parent's lap or on table. Speculum exam only when specific problem  
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Male Genitalia Exam   Inspect penis (placement of urethral opening), palpate scrotum for both testes: cross legged technique (3% of neonates have an undescended teste, 2/3 resolve by 1 yr), Transilluminate scrotum if mass  
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hypospadias   urethral orifice appears at some point along ventral surface of glans or shaft of penis.  
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Hydrocele   serous fluid swelling in scrotum. will transilluminate unlike a hernia.  
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Varicocele   enlargement of veins in the scrotum. Most often found after puberty. Although usually benign, warrant a urology referral, as sterility could be a problem, especially if found before puberty  
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Rectal exam   not usually part of routine exam. Done if severe constipation, stool impaction, rashes, rectal bleeding, itching  
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bow legs   genu varum, corrects by 2 years of age  
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knock knees   genu valgum. corrects by 4 years of age.  
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age 8 is usually the age for referral if ____ has not corrected   genu valgum or varum  
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Flat feet   nl until age 3.  
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Tanner stage 1 breast   elevation of papilla only  
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Tanner stage 2 breast   breast buds, areola projects  
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Tanner Stage 3 breast   Enlargement of breasts only  
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Tanner stage 4 breast   enlargement and projection of areola and papilla as secondary mound  
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Tanner stage 5 breast   adult breast. areola no longer projects separately from breast  
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