Impact of chronic disease on growth — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Constitutional delay of growth and puberty is quantified by _____ radio-graphic studies of the left hand and wrist

Answer: bone age

Flashcard 2: What vitamin should be orally supplemented in breastfed infants? _____

Answer: Vitamin D

Flashcard 3: _____ is the isolated, temporary halting of skeletal growth in the absence of other causal physical abnormalities

Answer: Constitutional delay of growth and puberty

Flashcard 4: Osgood-Schlatter Disease is commonly seen in patients during their _____

Answer: pubertal growth spurt

Flashcard 5: The Barlow and Ortolani Maneuvers are used to diagnose _____

Answer: Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

Flashcard 6: In thyroid hormone deficiency, bone age is _____ than chronologic age

Answer: less

Flashcard 7: A child wishes to know more about his/her illness.

Answer: Ask what parents have told the child about their illness. In most cases, parents decide what information can be relayed.

Flashcard 8: What is the primary clinical utility of the APGAR score?

Answer: Immediate need for resuscitation and response to resuscitation. (Note: It is NOT a good predictor of long-term neurological outcome or mortality for an individual infant.)

Flashcard 9: What are the components of the APGAR score?

Answer: Appearance Pulse Grimace Activity Respiration

Flashcard 10: Which pediatric hip condition is strongly associated with obesity?\n_____

Answer: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)

Extra: https://onlinemeded.org/spa/pediatrics/orthopedics/acquire?ref=anki