PC PAL electronic growth charts and Reference Library is an extended scientific articles library containing population references and chart designs. The collected articles and data cover today 45 countries, with specific chart designs for 18 of them. This amounts to the impressive number of 2800 data files. This is my first infographic, a visual tool which purpose is to show the relation between the pediatrician needs in their daily practice and PC PAL tools. The infographic was first presented as a rollup at the ESPE 2013 Milano, Italy conference and later at the AAP 2013 congress in Orlando, FL, USA.

1. PC PAL electronic reference and
Growth Charts library
Doctors use growth charts to monitor physical growth
and maturation from infancy to adulthood
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A network of researchers from 25 countries is connected
with PC PAL. Research and publications in 8 countries are
closely supported with tools and domain experience.
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Researchers study changes in children growth and
gather data (height, weight, BMI, puberty and so on)
The last decades trend shows that 55 new articles
are published every ten years
On average, national references are
updated every 5 years
National growth charts, health books and other medical
Publications
statistical data
280
15
using the published references
Total
publications
Generic measurement charts
Instant feed back charts
Sparklines, trend charts
18
60
1
Publications
per decade
Projection
Countries like the US, UK, Sweden and Norway as well
as many other prefer to see the references plotted on
their national chart designs, marked below.
Publication timeline for the
last 60 years
For each published article
added in the PC PAL Library:
and integrated into the library as needed
12 average number of data
6
average number of country
chart pages, reviewed regularly
reference data and chart design to update in
GrowthXP or growth chart components
2800
datasets in the PC PAL Reference Library
covering 215 publications
from 45 countries
Electronic charts use the reference data and are
designed to integrate into hospital medical systems
collected, stored and curated
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20
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GrowthXP applications
Electronic growth charts
for paeditricians
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US WIC
GrowthXP version based on WHO, CDC
references and adapted to Women,
Infants and Children agencies
www.GrowthXP.com
PC PAL started the library more than
20 years ago. In the 90s it contained
136 datasets for 22 countries.
Growth charts components
Integration of electronic growth
charts into existing EHR systems
National references
published over the
last 60 years
International version
GrowthXP and component version
based on WHO references and translated
www.GrowthCharts.info