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What nutrient is most important for building strong bones in growing children?
What is calcium?
This bone, located between the shoulder and the chest, is the most commonly broken bone in children.
What is the clavicle
This unit of measure is used for all pediatric dosing calculations.
What is kilograms?
Most infants achieve this gross motor milestone by about 12 months, allowing them to move independently across a room.
What is walking?
Babies are born with about 300 of these, but adults only have 206.
What are bones?
This sweet treat is safe for older kids but dangerous for babies under 1 year old because it can cause a rare illness called botulism. Hint: Winnie the Pooh loves it.
What is honey?
This common surgical cause of abdominal pain in children often starts near the belly button before moving to the right lower abdomen.
What is appendicitis?
Before calculating any pediatric medication dose, this measurement must be obtained as accurately as possible.
What is weight?
Saying “mama” and “dada” with meaning is a language milestone most children reach around this age in months.
What is 12 months?
This part of a newborn’s body is proportionally one‑quarter of their total length.
What is the head?
What is the safest position for a baby to sleep in to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?
What is their back?
This chronic inflammatory airway disease causes reversible wheezing, cough, and shortness of breath, often triggered by exercise, allergens, or viral infections.
What is asthma?
A 10‑kg toddler needs amoxicillin, dosed at 90 mg/kg per day. This is the total dose per day.
What is 900mg?
By age 2 years, most toddlers can do this language task, combining words to express needs or observations.
What are two word phrases?
Babies are born without these body parts that adults rely on for balance.
What are kneecaps?
You’re advising parents on car seat safety. At what minimum age should a child typically transition from a rear-facing car seat to a forward-facing one?
What is 2 years old?
Because children’s bones are more flexible, fractures of these two parallel forearm bones often present as greenstick or buckle injuries.
What is a radius and ulna fracture?
A 13 kg child is given ondansetron, dosed at 0.15 mg/kg. Tablets are 4 mg each. To the nearest quarter, this is the number of tablets needed.
What is 1/2 a tablet?
This milestone age involves climbing stairs with support and kicking a ball.
What is two years old?
This sense is the least developed at birth.
What is vision?
You are calculating the daily fluid requirement for a child who weighs 20 kg. Using the Holliday-Segar method (100 mL/kg for first 10 kg, 50 mL/kg for next 10 kg), what is the total daily fluid requirement?
What is 1,500 mL per day?
(100 mL × 10 kg = 1,000 mL; 50 mL × 10 kg = 500 mL; Total = 1,500 mL)
This beta-lactam antibiotic inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis and is commonly used in children for otitis media, sinusitis, and strep pharyngitis; it should be avoided in patients with a history of immediate hypersensitivity to penicillins.
What is amoxicillin?
A 30‑kg child needs ceftriaxone, dosed at 50 mg/kg/day, divided into two equal doses. This is the amount per dose.
What is 750mg?
The absence of this social milestone by 18 months is a red flag that may prompt screening for autism spectrum disorder.
What is pointing or joint attention?
Newborns can do this underwater without choking — a reflex they lose by 6 months.
What is hold their breath (diving reflex)?