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131217P - PEDIATRIC HISTORY TAKING

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Year 3 medical students King Fahad Medical City on December 17, 2013 by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr.



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1.0  DEMOGRAPHIC INFO















Names of child and parent(s)















Age and date of birth















Residential address















Parental occupation















Child’s school etc































2.0  HISTORY OF PRESENTING COMPLAINT















Onset, course, location, severity, time of day, duration, diurnal variation, character, aggravating factors (food, cough etc ), relieving factors















Associated symptoms,















What does the parent think is going on?















Treatments already given















How the family is affected















Missing school















Associated behavioral problems































3.0  PAST MEDICAL / SURGICAL HISTORY















Prenatal period: prenatal care for the mother (where and how much); alcohol, drugs,  and cigarettes by the mother;















Birth: mode of delivery (Caserean or vaginal), delivery complications, APGAR score















Neonatal period: respiratory problems, feeding problems, jaundice















Chronic illnesses: asthma, respiratory infections















Childhood infections; eg measles varicella















Hospitalizations















Surgeries































4.0  NUTRITIONAL HISTORY















Breast feeding (how often, baby satisfied?, crying, urine output), time of weaning















Formula: brand name, how prepared, how stored,















Solid food: types and amounts, ?junk food















Milk and juices































5.0  DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY















Gross motor & Fine motor















Vision















Social and play















Speech and hearing































6.0 ALLERGY HISTORY















Reactions to medications: type and drug















Distinguish true allergy vs medication effects (eg vomiting)















Food allergies















Environmental allergies


































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7.0 MEDICATION HISTORY







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List of current medications doses and why















List of chronic medications































8.0  IMMUNIZATION HISTORY















Record of the whole immunization schedule















Reactions to immunization: swelling, tenderness, fever















Treatment of reaction































9. FAMILY HISTORY















Parents: age, height, weight, health status, consanguinity, region of origin















Siblings: names, nicknames, age, height, weight, health status















Significant problems  maternal & paternal sides: arthritis, DM, HT, renal disease, anemia, headache, TB































10. SOCIAL HISTORY















Type of housing, location (city vs rural), how many people in house















Parents: education, occupation, income, religion and culture, smoking















Care for children: baby sitter, grandparents, other relatives,















Discipline (may relate to child abuse)















Health insurance















Contact with animals































11. REVIEW OF SYSTEMS (If not covered in presenting complaints and PMH)















Skin: skin rash,















CVS: dypnea, cyanosis, sweating on feeding















Hematological: pallor, jaundice, bone pain, bruises, epsitaxis















RES: dypnea, runny nose, cough, hemoptysis, wheeze/stridor, sore throat, ear ache,















GIT: Vomiting, abd pain, diarhoea / constipation, Bowel habits, feeding, weight loss















Urinary tract: dysuria, enuresis, frequency. Nocturia, hematuria, incontinence















CNS: irritability, drowsiness, abnormal movements, headache, numbness,















Sleeping: night walking, crying, sleep walking, sleep talking, nightmares,















Musculoskeletal: joint swelling, joint pain, skin rash















Behavior: temper tantrums, sibling rivalry, mealtime behavior, bedtime behavior,































12. RISK FACTORS















































































 



















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13.1Pyrexia of undetermined origin (PUO)















Infections (bacterial, viral, parasitic)















Drug reactions















Allergy















Dehydration















Neoplasms















Factitious































12.2. Failure to thrive (height for age. Weight for age, weight for height, birth weight, milestones)















Familial















Delayed but normal growth















Inadequate caloric intake (no food, poor appetite, wrong food, psychosocial eg maternal depression, family disruption)















Renal disease (infection, renal failure)















Cardiovascular:  congenital heart disease, endocarditis, myocarditis















GIT: cleft lip / palate. Esophageal compression, gastro-intestinal reflux, hernia, pyloric stenosis, celiac disease, hepato-pancreatic disorders, endocrine disorders (thyroid, GH deficiency, adrenal insufficiency, diabetes)















Musculoskeletal: rickets due to Vit D deficiency,















Chronic infections: TB,















Metabolic disorders (















Chronic anemia:  thalassemia, sickle cell disease, 















Respiratory: Chronic lung disease: asthma, infections, airway obstruction































12.3. Weight loss















Infections















Eating disorders















Depression















Thyrotoxicosis















Renal failure















Malignancy















Inflammatory bowel disease















Celiac disease































 
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