2. Weight
• Nude or minimal clothing
• Minimum unit of 100g
• Middle of weighing pan
• Correct zero error
3. Normal
• Average birth weight 3 kg
• 10% of birth weight is lost by first few days
and regained by day 10
• 2-12 months = ; where x is in months
• 1-6 years = 2x + 8; where x is in years
• 7-12 years = ; where x is in years
4. Length
• Length is measured for those less than 2 years
• Hairpins removed; Braids undone; Bulky
diapers removed
• Use infantometer
http://www.colmed.in/media/wysiwyg//infantometer/p7.jpg
5. Height
• Heels slightly separated, weight
borne equally on both legs
• Heels, buttocks, shoulder blades
and back of head touching the
wall
• Use stadiometer
• Frankfort plane and biauricular
plane kept horizontal http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0002817715010661-gr1.jpg
6. Normal height
• At birth = 50cm
• 6 months = 65cm
• 1 year = 75cm
• 2-12 years = (6x + 77)cm
7. Head circumference
• Hair ornaments removed, braids undone.
• Use non-stretchable tape and crossed tape
method
• Occipital protuberance to supraorbital ridges
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X6SrLA9zBcM/TOHLVuizSvI/AAAAAAAAAMo/IHwDq-
EayxM/s1600/Sun%2BHats%2B002.jpg
9. Chest circumference
• At the level of the nipple
• Midway between inspiration and expiration
• At birth: HC – CC = 3cm
• At 1 yr: HC ≈ CC
• Then, CC > HC
https://nursekey.com/wp-
content/uploads/2016/09/B9780323096102000239_t023-004-9780323096102.jpg
10. MUAC
• Left arm
• Midway between tip of acromion process and
olecranon process
• Relatively stable between 1-5 yrs = 16-17cm
• MUAC < 13.5cm is abnormal
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