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Paediatric History Taking

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Paediatric History taking

1. Demography

Name :

Age with D.O.B :

Sex :

Address :

Brought by :

Informant ( relationship to the child) :

Reliability

2. Presenting Complaints

In Chronological order

3. History of Present illness

4. Past History

5. Contact History

6. Antenatal History
7. Birth History

8. Postnatal History

9. Developmental History

10. Dietetic History

11. Family History

12. Socio-Economic History

13. Immunization History

14. History Allergies

B. General Examination

1. General condition

Consciousness / comfortable / dyspnoea / tachypnoea / Anaemic /


Jaundice / Cyanosis / Edema / Lymphadenopathy

2. Vitals

Temperature / Pulse rate / respiratory rate / BP / CRT

3. Anthropometry

Weight / Height / Head circumference/ Chest circumference / Mid arm


circumference / Arm Span / Weight for height / body mass index /
Growth chart

body mass index (BMI)

Adult
18.5 – 24.99 Normal
25 – 29.99 Over weight ( Pre-obese)
More than 13 Obese
Less than 18.5 Under weight
17 – 18.49 Mild thinness
16.00 – 16.99 Moderate thinness
Less than 16 Severe thinness
30 – 3 4 . 99 Obese class I
35 – 39.99 Obese class II
More than 40 Obese class III

For children BMI 85th – 95th percentile is over weight

Greater than 95th percentile is obesity

4. Developmental examination with DQ

5. Sexual maturity rating

3. Systemic examination

4. Diagnosis / Differential Diagnosis

5. Treatment / Follow up

6. Counselling

Reference : IAP Text book of Paediatrics 7th edition


Normal developmental milestones

Milestones Gross motor Fine motor Personal Language


social
1 month Grasp reflex Starts to
smile
2 months Hands closed Sustained Cooling
social smile
3 months Head mostly Hand open Sustained Says ‘aah’
held up but most often social smile
still bobs
forwards
4 months Head held Reaches for Laughs out
steady objects, aloud
grasps Exited at
objects and sight of food
brings to
mouth hands
in midline
7 months Rolls over, Reaches out Smiles at Babbling
creeping- and grasps mirror
crawling, sits larger
with hands objects ,
leaning palmar
forwards grasp,
transfers
objects from
hand to hand
10 months Sits without Pincer grasp Waves bye- Says Baba,
support, bye mama
cruises
1yr Walks with Releases Plays simple Says 2-3
one hand objects to ballgame words with
held other person meaning
on request /
gesture
15 months Walks alone, Males tower Asks for Follows
crawls of 3 cubes objects by simple
upstairs pointing commands
18 months Runs stuff, Makes tower Feeds self, Speaks 10
goes upstairs of 4 cubes dry by day words,
by holding initiates identifies
the rails vertical parts of the
stroke body
scribbles
2yrs Runs well, Makes tower Handless Puts
walk upstairs of 7 cubes, spoon well sentence of3
and initiates and helps to words
downstairs horizontal undress
one foot at a stoke
time, jumps
2 ½ yrs Goes Makes tower Helps put Knows full
upstairs with of 9 cubes things away name
alternating
feet
3 yrs Rides Draws circle, Dresses and Knows age
tricycle, tower of 10 undresses and gender
stands cubes, fully when
momentanly constructs helped with
on one foot bridge or 3 buttons joins
cubes in play
4yrs Hops on one Draws cross Plays with Tells story
foot, throws and square several
ball copies 4 children with
overhead bridge, beginning of
climbs well constructs a social
gate of 5 interaction,
cubes goes to toilet
alone
5yrs Skips Draws Dresses and Names 4
triangle undresses colours,
self. Asks repeats
question sentence of
about 10 syllables
meaning of
words

The recommended caloric and protein requirements

Age Calories required / day Protein / day


1month – year 100 – 110 Kcal / kg / day 2g/kg
1 year 1000 kcal / day 20g/day
2 years 1100 kcal / day 20g/day
3 years 1200 kcal / day 20 g/ day
4 years 1300 kcal / day 30 g/ day
5 years 1400 kcal / day 30 g/ day
6 years 1500 kcal / day 30 g/ day
7 years 1600 kcal / day 40 g/ day
8 years 1700 kcal / day 40 g/ day
9 years 1800 kcal / day 40 g/ day
10 years 1900 kcal / day 40 g/ day
11 years 2000 kcal / day 50 g/ day
12 years 2100 kcal / day 50 g/ day
Adolescent boy 2400 kcal / day 70 g/ day
Adolescent girl 2100 kcal / day 65 g/ day

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