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1
Q

What do you think is the cause with proportionate

  1. Increased wt:height
  2. Decreased or normal wt:height
A
  1. Endocrinopathies

2. Inadequate calories, chronic disease

2
Q

How to calculate the mid parental height

A

BOYS: [fathers height + mothers height + 13] /2
GIRLS: [fathers height + mothers height - 13] /2

3
Q

Potential causes if a child is

  1. Short and obese
  2. Short and thin
  3. Tall and obese
A
  1. Hormone deficiency (not cortisol or ADH), syndrome
  2. Malnutrition, malabsorption, systemic disease, constitutional delay, cortisol or ADH deficiency
  3. Exogenous obesity
4
Q

What order do you lose growth parameters in if you’re starving?

A

Weight, height, head circumference

5
Q

Bone age

A

Can determine the growth potential by evaluating the progression of ossification in the epiphysis of the wrist and hand

6
Q

Physical features of Turner’s syndrome

A
Short stature
Low posterior hairline
Cubitus valgus
Widely spread nipples
Nevi
Heart murmur