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    The document discusses various methods for measuring growth in infants and children, including weight, length, head circumference, chest circumference, arm circumference, and skin fold thickness. Accurate growth measurements are important for assessing overall health, nutrition, and development. The appropriate equipment and procedures are outlined for each type of measurement.

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    Growth Measurements

    Dr. Sherehan Gad


    Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing
    OUTLNES
     Importance of physical measurements.
     Weighting an infant & child.
     Length or Height measurement.
     Head circumference.
     Chest circumference.
     Arm circumference
    Importance of physical measurements
     Valuable data about your children’s growth and development.
     Nutritional status .
     Overall general health.
     Accurate assessment of height and weight is also a vital
    assessment used to determine appropriate medication dosages.
     Evaluate the effectiveness of drug, fluid, and nutritional
    therapy.
     Screen for disease related to abnormal growth
    Infant weight
    Infant weight
    Equipment:
    Scale paper cotton alcohol
    Procedure:
    • Place the scale horizontally
    • Check to see that scale is balanced by sitting it to
    the zero.
    • Wipe the scale with cotton with alcohol.
    • Put a scale paper on the scale.
    • Remove the child cloths except diaper
    • Gently left the infant from the bed
    • For safety, hold hand over the body of the infant
    • Read the scale when infant is lying still
    • Remove and dispose the scale paper and recording
    Newborn Weight (2.700 – 4 kg)
    weight of helpless child
    Weight of ( you + child
    +blanket )
    _
    weight of ( you + blanket
    )
    =
    Weight of the child
    weight
    older children
    Equipment:-
    • Standing type upright scale for older children
    Procedure:
    • Check that scale is balanced before weighting
    • Place a paper towel on the scale for the child to stand
    on.
    • Keep child privacy
    • Child usually weighed while wearing light gown
    • Remove shoes of the child and recording
    Infant length-board
    (Infant meter)
    Accurate length measurements
    require two measurers.
    Length
    Equipment's:
    hard surface & measuring tape (measuring board if
    available).
    Procedure:
    Place infant supine with head in midline.
    Grasp knees and push gently toward table to
    fully extend legs.
    Measure from vertex of head to heels of feet.
    Read & record.
    • Boys average = 50 cm
    • Girls average = 49 cm
    • Normal range for both (47.5- 53.75 cm)
    Height
    Procedure:
    *Remove socks & shoes .
    *Have child stand as tall as possible, back straight,
    head in midline and eyes looking straight-ahead
    .
    *Check for flexion of knees ,slumping shoulders and
    raising of heels.
    *Measure from top of head to standing surface.
    child's height

    Head

    back of the shoulders

    buttocks

    heels
    Head circumference

    occipital
    prominence Eyebrows
    Head circumference
    Equipment's:
    *A measuring tape.
    Procedure:
    • Measure with measuring tape at
    the greatest circumference from
    top the eyebrows and pinna of
    the ear to occipital prominence.
    continue
    • Usual findings:
    • Plot on growth chart.
    • compare percentile

    • Comments:
    • Usually taken any children under 36 months of age.
    • Take any child whose head size appears abnormal

    Normal neonatal range: 33-35 cm


    Chest circumference

    Nipple line
    Chest circumference
    • Equipment's:-
    • Measuring tape.

    • Procedure:-
    Pass the measuring tape on the nipple line.

    • N.B:-
    Measurements are taken once during inspiration and
    once during expiration, record the average of the two
    values.
    Normal range :-30.5 to 33cm
    Arm circumference of child

    Acromion process

    Olecranon process
    Procedure:
    • With the child’s right arm flexed 90 degree at elbow,
    mark midpoint between acromion and olecranon on
    posterior aspect of arm.
    • Wrap the measuring tape around upper arm at
    midpoint.
    Skin fold thickness
    • Skin fold thickness is index of total body fat.
    • Skin fold thickness can be taken at: triceps
    (most common site), sub scapula, abdomen or
    upper thigh
    formula
    infant Weight Age in month+9
    2

    Toddler Weight Age in years x 2 + 8 =……Kg

    Height Age in years x 5 + 80 =………. cm

    Pre-school The same formula of toddler

    school age weight (Age in years × 7) – 5


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