health maintenance for infants & children
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Epidemiology
- school-aged children may gain weight during the summer months, especially among blacks & hispanics[4]
- preventive care for US children often inadequate[6]
Management
- screening newborns for congenital heart disease with pulse oximetry prior to hospital discharge
- hematocrit or blood hemoglobin at ages 15 & 30 months
- lipid screening between ages 9 & 11
- screening for depression for ages 11 through 21
- HIV screen for patients between ages 16 & 18
- maintain optimal body weight
* routine screening for cervical dysplasia in adolescent girls not indicated
Notes
- also see pediatric immunization schedule
- utilizing health educators to reduce reliance on physicians for well child visits may improve mprove the quality of anticipatory guidance & more effectively address parental concerns[5]
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References
- ↑ 2014 REcommendations for Pediatric Preventive Health Care Committee of Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule Workgroup Pediatrics. Feb 24, 2014 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567012 <Internet> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/02/18/peds.2013-4096.full.pdf
- ↑ American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases. Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule: United States, 2006. Pediatrics. 2006 Jan;117(1):239-40. No abstract available. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16396888
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases. Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule: United States, 2005. Pediatrics. 2005 Jan;115(1):182. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15630000 <Internet> http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/115/1/182 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/115/1/182
COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule-United States, 2017. Pediatrics. 2017 Mar;139(3). pii: e20164007. Epub 2017 Feb 6. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28167516
Wodi AP, Murthy N, McNally V et al. Advisory committee on immunization practices recommended immunization schedule for children and adolescents aged 18 years or younger - United States, 2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023 Feb 10; 72:137-140. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36757872 PMCID: PMC9925138 Free PMC article https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7206a1.htm - ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years --- United States, 2011 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) February 11, 2011 / 60(05);1-4 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6005a6.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years - United States, 2014 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) February 3, 2014 / 63(Early Release);1-2 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm63e0203a1.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Birth-18 Years & "Catch-up" Immunization Schedules United States, 2014 http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/child-adolescent.html - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Franckle R et al Accelerated Weight Gain Among Children During Summer Versus School Year and Related Racial/Ethnic Disparities: A Systematic Review. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prev Chronic Dis 2014;11:130355 http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0355.htm
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Coker TR et al. Well-child care clinical practice redesign for serving low-income children. Pediatrics 2014 Jul; 134:e229 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24936004 <Internet> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/134/1/e229
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Use of Selected Clinical Preventive Services to Improve the Health of Infants, Children, and Adolescents - United States, 1999-2011 MMWR. Sept 12, 2014. Suppl. vol 63. No 2 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/other/su6302.pdf