GROWTH ASSESSMENT

GROWTH ASSESSMENT
is an essential component of pediatric health surveillance, Knowledge of both normal patterns and common individual variation lead to good reassurances and make a guidelines to parents. There is overlapping between growth and development .
Definitions
?Embryo = fertilized ovum to 12 weeks
?Fetus =12 weeks to delivery
?Newborn =newly delivered
?Neonate =1st 28 days
?Infant =from 28 days to end of 1st year
?Toddler =1-3 years
?Preschool =3-5 years
?School age =5-10 years
?Early childhood= 1st 6 years
?Later childhood=6-12 years
?Early adolescent=9-13
?Middle adolescent= 13-16 years
?Late adolescent=16-18 years
Growth chart
The most powerful tool In assessing of growth, each chart contain 7 or 8 percentile(3rd , 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th), there is separated chart for male and female and according to age
Growth chart give idea about what is present not what is should
Growth chart to be significant , need serial reading not only single reading
Types of growth chart
WT for age, HT(length, stature) for age, OFC for age, WT for HT, BMI
There are special chart for premature baby(catch up growth), Down syndrome, Klinfelter syndrome