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Purpose of routine well child care?

- Anticipatory guidance (diet, lifestyle)


- Preventive measures (immunizations)


- Screening for asx dz (vision, hearing, metabolic screening, TB screening)


- Early detection and tx of symptomatic acute illness to prevent complications


- Prevent disability in chronic disease


- Assess growth and development

What are the types of additional screening tests that may be done depending on the age of the child?

- Lead level


- Hemoglobin


- U/A


- BP


- Hearing and vision assessment

What is the content of the well child visit?

- History


- Developmental surveillance


- Observe parent-child interaction


- Physical exam - growth curves


- Screening tests


- Immunizations


- Anticipatory guidance

What are "growth disturbances"?

Growth outside of the usual pattern

What are the two common types of growth disturbance?

- Failure to thrive


- Head growth abnormalities

What is the definition of "failure to thrive"?

Growth rate < expected for a child, of particular concern when a child's weight crosses two major percentile isobars