, Table of Contents:
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Chapter 1. The Newborn Infant
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Chapter 2. Child Development and Behavior
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y7 Chapter 3. Adolescence
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Chapter 4. Adolescent Substance Abuse
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y7 Chapter 5. Eating Disorders
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Chapter 6. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
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y7 Chapter 7. Child Abuse and Neglect
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Chapter 8. Ambulatory / Office Pediatrics
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y7 Chapter 9. Immunization
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Chapter 10. Travel Medicine
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Chapter 11. Normal Childhood Nutrition and Its Disorders
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y7 Chapter 12. Emergencies and Injuries
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Chapter 13. Poisoning
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y7 Chapter 14. Critical Care
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y7 Chapter 15. Skin
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Chapter 16. Eye
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Chapter 17. Oral Medicine and Dentistry
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y7 Chapter 18. Ear, Nose, and Throat
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Chapter 19. Respiratory Tract and Mediastinum
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y7 Chapter 20. Sleep Medicine
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Chapter 21. Cardiovascular Diseases
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y7 Chapter 22. Gastrointestinal Tract
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y7 Chapter 23. Liver and Pancreas
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y7 Chapter 24. Kidney and Urinary
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Tract
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,Chapter 25. Neurologic and Muscular Disorders
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y7 Chapter 26. Orthopedics
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Chapter 27. Sports Medicine
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y7 Chapter 28. Rehabilitation
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Medicine Chapter 29. Rheumatic
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y7 Diseases Chapter 30.
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y7 Hematologic Disorders Chapter y7 y7
y7 31. Neoplastic Disease
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Chapter 32. Pain Management and Palliative Care
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y7 Chapter 33. Immunodeficiency
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Chapter 34. Endocrine Disorders
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y7 Chapter 35. Diabetes Mellitus
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Chapter 36. Inborn Errors of Metabolism
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y7 Chapter 37. Genetics and Dysmorphology
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y7 Chapter 38. Allergic Disorders
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Chapter 39. Antimicrobial Therapy
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Chapter 40. Infections: Viral and Rickettsial
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Chapter 41. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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y7 Infection Chapter 42. Infections: Bacterial and
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y7 Spirochetal Chapter 43. Infections: Parasitic and
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y7 Mycotic
Chapter 44. Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Chapter 45. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders and
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y7 Therapy Chapter 46. Pediatric Laboratory Medicine and Reference
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y7 Ranges
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, Chapter 1: The Newborn Infant y7 y7 y7 y7
y7 Multiple Choice y7
1. Which milestone is developmentally appropriate for a 2-month-old infant when the nurse
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pulls the infant to a sitting position?
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a. Head lag is present when the infants trunk is lifted.
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b. The infant is able to support the head when the trunk is lifted.
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c. The infant is briefly able to hold the head erect.
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d. The infant is fully able to support and hold the head in a straight
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y7 line. CORRECT ANSWER: C
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A 2-month-old infant is able to hold the head erect only briefly and continues to have
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some head lag. It is not until 4 months of age that the infant can keep his or her head in
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a straight line when pulled to a sitting position.
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2. Approximately what should a newborn weigh at 1 year of age if the newborns birth
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weight was 7 pounds 6 ounces?
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a. 14 3/4 poundsy7 y7
b. 22 1/8 poundsy7 y7
c. 29 1/2 poundsy7 y7
d. Unable to estimate weight at 1 year CORRECT ANSWER:
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An infant triples the birth weight by 1 year of age. An infant doubles the birth weight by 6
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months of age. An infant quadruples the birth weight by 2 years of age. Weight at 6
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months, 1 year, and 2 years of age can be estimated from the birth weight.
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3. Which statement made by a parent would be consistent with a developmental delay?
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a. I have noticed that my 9-month-old infant responds consistently to the sound of his name.
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b. I have noticed that my 12-month-old child does not get herself to a sitting position or
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pull to stand.
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