pediatric physical assessment islamic university nursing college
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Pediatric Physical Assessment
Islamic University
Nursing College
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Communication
Considered very important to assess infant or child to
provide information related to the health of child.
Use clear nonmedical terms when asking family &
encourage them to talk.
Introduce your self, your name, your role, start trust
relationship.
Use play to relieve anxiety.
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Communication cont…
Get on eye level of the child & engage in verbally with
child.
Treat adolescent neither child nor adult.
Ask questions that embarrassed when parents out.
Touch child to calm him.
Smile & pleasant face reduce child & parents.
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Health Assessment
Collecting Data
By observation
Interviewing the parent
Interviewing the child
Physical examination
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Bio-graphic DemographicNursing history Name, age, health care provider
Parents name age /siblings age
Ethnicity / cultural practices
Religion / religious practices
Parent occupation
Child occupation: adolescent
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Past Medical History
Allergies
Childhood illness
Trauma / hospitalizations
Birth history
Did baby go home with mom / special care
nursery
Genetics: anything in the family
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Current Health Status
Immunizations
Any underlying illness / genetic condition
What concerns do you have today?
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Review of systems
Ask questions about each system
Measuring data: growth chart, head
circumference, BMI
Nutrition: breast fed, formula, eating habits
Growth and development: How does parent
think child is doing?
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Physical Assessment
General appearance & behavior Facial expression Posture / movement Sleep pattern Eating habits. Drug reactions Hygiene Behavior Development: grossly fits guidelines for age
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Vital Signs
Temperature: rectal only when absolutely
necessary
Pulse: apical on all children under 1 year
Respirations: infant uses abdominal muscles
Blood pressure: admission base line
Height and weight and head circumference for 2
years and younger
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Physical Assessment
Skin, hair nails
Head, neck, lymph nodes: fontanelles
Eyes, nose, throat…look at palate and teeth
Chest: auscultate for breath sounds and
adventitious sounds
Breasts: tanner scale
Heart: PMI, murmurs
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Physical Assessment
Abdomen
Genitalia: tanner scale, discharge, testicles
Anus: inspect for cracks or fissures
Musculoskeletal: Ortaloni maneuver /
Barlows
Feet / legs / back / gait
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Neurological
Glasgow coma scale
Observe their natural state: Play games with
them, especially children under 5 year
CNS grossly intact: II – XII
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Newborn reflexes Rooting: disappears at 3-4 months
Sucking: disappears at 10 to 12 months
Palmar grasp: disappears at 3 to 4 months
Plantar grasp: disappears at 8 to 10 months
Tonic neck: disappears by 4 to 6 months
Moro (startle): disappears by 3 months
Babinski: disappears by 2 years
Stepping reflex: disappears by 2 months
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Infant Exam
Examine on parent lap
Leave diaper on
Comfort measures such as pacifier or bottle.
Talk softly
Start with heart and lung sounds
Ear and throat exam last
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Toddler Exam Examine on parent lap if uncooperative
Use play therapy
Distract with stories
Let toddler play with equipment / BP
Call by name
Praise frequently
Quickly do exam
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Preschool Exam
Allow parent to be within eye contact
Explain what you are doing
Let them feel the equipment
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School-age Child
Allow the older child the choice of whether to have a
parent present
Teaching about nutrition and safety
Ask if the child has any concerns or questions
How are they doing in school?
Do they have a group of friends they hand out with?
What do they like to do in their free time?
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School-age Exam
Allow choice of having parent present
Privacy and modesty.
Explain procedures and equipment.
Interact with child during exam.
Be matter of fact about examining genital
area.
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Adolescent
Ask about parent in the room
Should have some private interview time:
time to ask the difficult questions
HEADSS: home life, education, alcohol,
drugs, sexual activity / suicide
Privacy issues
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Vital Signs
Choose your words carefully when explaining vital sign
measurements to a young child. Avoid saying, for
example, “I’m going to take your pulse now.” The child
may think that are going to actually remove something
from his or her body. A better phrase would be “I’m going
to count how fast your heart beats.”
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Temperature
Whaley and Wong
Position for takingaxillary temperature.
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Temperature Use of tympanic membrane is controversial.
Oral temperature for children over 5 to 6 years.
Rectal temperatures are contraindicated if the
child has had anal surgery, diarrhea, or rectal
irritation.
Check with hospital policy.
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Pulse
Apical pulse for infants and toddlers under 2
years
Count for 1 full minute
Will be increased with: crying, anxiety, fever,
and pain
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Pulse rates
Neonate: 70 – 190 1-year: 80 – 160 2-year: 80-130 4-year: 80 – 120 6-year: 75-115 10-year: 70-110 14-year: 65 – 105 / males 60 – 100 18-year: 55-95 / males 50 - 90
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Apical Pulse
In child younger than 7 years.
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Heart Sounds
See table 6-5, Bowden & Greenberg text
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Auscultating Heart Sounds
Pillitteri
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Respiratory
Count for one full minute May want to do before you wake the infant up Rate will be elevated with crying / fever
Pre-term: 40 – 60 Newborn: 30 – 40 Toddler: 25 School-age: 20 Adolescent: 16
Panic levels: < 10 or > 60
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Clinical Tip
To accurately assess respirations in an infant or small child wait until the baby is sleeping or resting quietly.
You might need to do this before you do more invasive exam.
Count the number of breaths for an entire minute.
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Blood Pressure
The width of the rubber bladder should cover two thirds of the circumference of the arm, and the length should encircle 100% of the arm without overlap.
Crying can cause inaccurate blood pressure reading.
Consider norms for age.
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Blood Pressure Cuff
Whaley and Wong
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Height
Needs to be recorded on a growth chart Gain about an inch per month Deviation of height on either extreme may be
indication for further investigation: endocrine problems
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Height Measurement
Infants head is against end point and legs fully extended.
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Height Measurement
Child is measured whilestanding in stocking orbare feet with the heelsback and shoulders touching the wall.
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Weight
Note close proximity of nurses hands for safety
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Weight
Needs to be recorded on a growth chart Newborn may lose up to 10% of birth weight
in 3-4 days. Gains about ½ to1 oz per day after that Too much or too little weight gain needs to be
further investigated. Nutritional counseling
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Weight norms
Double birth weigh by 5-6 months Triple birth weight by 1 year
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Nutrition
How much formula? How often being breast fed? Solid foods: 4 to 6 months of age What are they eating? Over 1 year: How much milk vs solid foods
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Nutrition
School age: typical diet Favorite foods I always child if I were to ask their mom what
do they need to eat more of what would she say?
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Nutrition
Most common nutritional problems: Iron deficiency anemia Obesity Anorexia
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BMI = (wt. in kilogram) (height in meters)2 Range Condition
Less than 16.0 Very thin
16.0 – 18.4 Thin
18.5 – 24.9 Average
25 – 29.9 Normal obesity
30.0 – 34.9 Obese
>35.0 Highly obese
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Steps of physical examination: Inspection: color, warmth, odor texture
characteristics. Palpation: to validate your inspection. Percussion: location, size, and density of
organs or masses. Auscultation: stethoscope to auscultate
heart, lungs, abdomen.
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Assessment General Appearance General appearance (clean, nourished,
clothes.)
Behavior & personality, interaction,
temperament.
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Assessment of skin texture: Lesions, abrasions, bruises drainage, color, pale, cyanosis,
ecchymosis, petechiae.
Hair Assessment: Color, cleanliness, loss, brittle, itching, etc..
Nail Assessment: Should be smooth & flexible not brittle, clubbing.
Head & Neck Assessment: Shape, symmetry, fontanles, headaches, swollen, neck stiffness,
range of movement, neck rigidity, flexion, hyperextension (meningitis) shift of trachea.
Eyes & vision Assessment: Size, symmetry, color, eyes lids, pupil, unusual eyes movement,
strabismus.
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Mouth, throat, nose Assessment:
Oral lesions, dental problems bleeding nose, nasal
flaring, swelling, discharge, dryness, close of nasal by
secretions.
Lips redness, drainage, herpes, tonsil enlargement,
redness, white patches.
Teeth caries, missing, shape.
Palpate head & neck, lymph nodes, swollen, tender,
warm nodes indicate infection.
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Head Circumference
Head circumference is measured by wrapping the paper tape over the eyebrows and the around the occipitalprominence.
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Head
Needs to be measured until age 2 years Plot on growth curve Check fontales:
Anterior: 12 to 18 months Posterior: closes by 2-5 months
Shape: flat headed babies due to back-to-back sleep position
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Mouth
Palate Condition of teeth Number of teeth No teeth eruption by 12 months think
endocrine disorder Appliances Brushing / visit to dentist
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Eyes
Check for red-reflex Can the infant see: by parent report Strabismus:
Alignment of eye important due to correlation with brain development
May need to corrected surgically 5-year-old and up can have vision screening
Refer to ophthalmologist if there are concerns
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Common eye infections:
Conjunctivitis: A red-flag in the newborn may be STD from travel
down the birth canal Pre-school: number one reason they are sent
home: wash with warm water / topical eye gtts Inflammation of eye: history of juvenile arthritis
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Ear Exam
Pinna is pulled down and back to straighten ear canal in children under 3 years.
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Otitis Media
Most common reason children come to the pediatrician or emergency room
Fever or tugging at ear Often increases at night when they are
sleeping History of cold or congestion
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Otitis
ROM: right otitis media LOM: left otitis media BOM: bilateral otitis media OME: Otitis media with effusion
(effusion means fluid collection)
Pleural effusion, effusion of knee
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Why a problem?
Infection can lead to rupture of ear drum Chronic effusion can lead to hearing loss OM is often a contributing factor in more
serious infections: mastoiditis, cellulitis, meningitis, bacteremia
Chronic ear effusion in the early years may lead to decreased hearing and speech problems
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Management
Oral antibiotics: re-check in 10 days Tylenol for comfort Persistent effusion:
PET: pressure equalizing tubes Outpatient procedure Need to keep water out of ears Hearing evaluation Speech evaluation
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Head, chest, and abdominal circumference.
Whaley and Wong
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Child Chest
Ball and Bindler
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Chest exam
A high percentage of admissions to hospital are respiratory: croup, bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma
In the infant it is hard to separate upper air-way noises from lower air-way noises.
How does the child look? Color, effort used to breathe
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Possible Sites of Retractions
Observe whileinfant or childis quiet.
Bowden & Greenberg
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Chest assessment
Retractions Subcostal Intercostal Sub-sternal Supra-clavicular
Red flags: grunting / nasal flaring
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Wheeze or Stridor
Wheezes occur when air flows rapidly through bronchi that are narrowed nearly to the point of closure.
Wheezes is lower airway Asthma = expiratory wheezes
A stridor is upper airway Inflammation of upper airway or FB
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Abdominal Girth
Abdominal girth should be measured over the umbilicusWhenever possible.
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Abdomen
Ball & Bindler
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Abdominal Assessment
Pillitteri
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years BP Age Pulse Age Respiration per m .
> 2 years 95/58 mm Hg Infants 100-120 Newborn 30-60
2 – 5 years 101/57mm Hg 4m to 2 years
8o-150 1 year 20-40
6 – 10 years 112/75mm Hg 2 y to 10 y 70-110 3 years 20-30
11- 18 years 120/80mm Hg 10 y & more
55-90 6 years 16-22
10 years
17 years
16-20
12-20
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Clinical Tip
Inspection and auscultation are performed before palpation and percussion because touching the abdomen may change the characteristics of the bowel sounds.
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Bowel Sounds
Normally occur every 10 to 30 seconds. Listen in each quadrant long enough to hear
at least one bowel sound. Absence of bowel sounds may indicate
peritonitis or a paralytic ileus. Hyperactive bowel sounds may indicate
gastroenteritis or a bowel obstruction.
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