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How to carry out growth assessment in infants and children under two years old

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Rationale and key points Rationale and key points Measuring and monitoring growth in infants and young children under two years old is an important part of their...

Growth assessment: how do we measure up?

01 September 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Measurement of children’s height and weight at regular intervals is important for identifying growth problems as well as for planning health promotion interventions...

Educating children and families about growth hormone deficiency and its management: part 2

08 March 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

CPD

Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a long-term condition, therefore creating ongoing partnerships with families is a fundamental part of the role of a paediatric...

Educating children and families about growth hormone deficiency and its management: part 1

09 February 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

CPD

The management of growth hormone deficiency is long term. Children may be diagnosed at pre-school age meaning relationships with the paediatric endocrine team may...

Possible growth hormone deficiency: a case study

09 December 2010

Emergency Nurse

Feature

When reviewing radiographs of the musculoskeletal system, variants such as ligament or tendon ossifications can be observed (Keats and Anderson 2006). X-rays can...

Development, growth and repair from conception to old age

15 August 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

As part of the life sciences series, this article discusses the types of development, growth and repair that occur throughout the human body from conception to old...

Growth and failure to thrive

01 April 2002

Paediatric Nursing

Continuing professional development growth and failure to thrive

Monitoring of growth in early life is particularly important as growth is elastic and sensitive to environmental factors, especially nutrition. Deficits are unlikely...

Endocrine system: part 2

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article, the last in the life sciences series, is the second of two articles on the endocrine system. It discusses human growth hormone, the pancreas and...

Health screening: a survey of children’s growth and development in Turkey

02 February 2011

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Aim To determine the status of children’s growth and development, visual acuity and blood pressure at four to six years of age. Methods This descriptive study...

Failure to thrive

01 July 2001

Primary Health Care

CPD

Aims and intended learning outcomes This article aims to provide an overview of current scientific understanding of the role of nutrition in failure to thrive in...

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