2. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
ā¢ NET INCREASE IN SIZE OR MASS OF TISSUES-GROWTH
ā¢ MULTIPLICATION OF CELLS AND INCREASE IN INTRACELLULAR
SUBSTANCE
ā¢ MATURATION OF FUNCTIONS- DEVELOPMENT
ā¢ MATURATION AND MYELINATION OF NERVOUS SYSTEMS
3. STAGES OF GROWTH
ā¢ PRE NATAL-CONCEPTION TO BIRTH
ā¢ INFANCY-BIRTH TO 1 YEAR
ā¢ CHILDHOOD-2 TO 12 YEARS
ā¢ ADOLESCENCE- 13-19 YEARS
ā¢ ADULTHOOD- >19
5. POST NATAL PERIOD
ā¢ GENETIC FACTORS
ā¢ IUGR->LBW->MALNUTRITION
ā¢ HORMONE-GH,THYROXINE ; SEX HORMONES
ā¢ NUTRITION
ā¢ INFECTIONS-RTI AND DIARRHOEA
ā¢ CHEMICAL AGENTS
ā¢ TRAUMA
6. SOCIAL FACTORS
ā¢ SES
ā¢ POVERTY
ā¢ NATURAL RESOURCES
ā¢ CLIMATE
ā¢ EMOTIONAL FACORS
ā¢ CULTURAL
ā¢ PARENTAL EDUCATION
7. LAWS OF GROWTH
ā¢ GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IS A CONTINOUS AND
ORDERLY PROCESS
ā¢ GROWTH PATTERN OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS UNIQUE
ā¢ DIFFERENT TISSUES GROW AT DIFFERENT RATES
8.
9. ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL GROWTH
ā¢ WEIGHT
ā¢ LENGTH/HEIGHT
ā¢ HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
ā¢ CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE
ā¢ MUAC
10. GROWTH CHARTS
ā¢ GROWTH MEASUREMENTS RECORDEDIN ACHILD OVER A PERIOD OF
TIMEAND PLOTTED ON A GRAPH
ā¢ DEVIATION FROM NORMAL PATTERN CAN BE INTERPRETED
ā¢ RANGES FROM 3RD TO 97TH PERCENTILE
11.
12.
13. DISORDERS OF GROWTH
ā¢ SHORT STATURE- HEIGHT BELOW 3RD CENTILE FOR THAT AGE AND
GENDER(<-2SD)
ā¢ <-3 SD PATHOLOGICAL SHORT STATURE
ā¢ CAUSES: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL
ā¢ Undernutrition,chronic illness,endocrine causes,sga,genetic
syndromes
14. PHYSIOLOGICAL SHORT STATURE
FAMILIAL VS CONSTITUTIONAL
ā¢ SHORT SHORT
ā¢ HEIGHT VELOCITY NORMAL NORMAL
ā¢ FAMILY H/O SHORT STATURE DELAYED PUBERTY
ā¢ BONE AGE ā N LESS THAN CHRONOLO
ā¢ PUBERTY ā N DELAYED
ā¢ FINAL HEIGHT - LOW NORMAL
16. FAILURE TO THRIVE
ā¢ WEIGHT BELOW 3RD OR 5th centile
ā¢ Failure to gain weight over a period of time
ā¢ Change in rate of growth that has crossed two major centiles
ā¢ CAUSES:Organic-GERD,malabsorption,IBD,pyloric stenosis
ā¢ :MR,CP
ā¢ ;CKD,RTA
ā¢ :HYPOTHYROIDISM,DM
ā¢ :TB,HIV,PARASITIC INFECTIONS
ā¢ :CHROMOSOMAL ANOMALY,Metabolic diseases
ā¢ :Lead poisoning,malignancy
17. Management
ā¢ History,physical examination
ā¢ CBC ,ESR,URE,STOOL RE,RFT,LFT,ELECTROLYTES
ā¢ Weight gain in response to adequate calorie feeding
ā¢ Nutritonal rehabilitation,treatment of diseases
ā¢ Admission if;SAM,organic causes which require lab investigations,lack
of catch up growth during OP care,suspected child abuse or neglect