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[Clinical exam of children from 3 to 12 years]
Antoine Bourrillon1, Grégoire Benoist
1Service de pédiatrie générale, hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 75019 Paris. antoine.bourrillon@rdb.ap-hop-paris.fr
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Pediatric clinical exams for children aged 3-12 assess growth, neurodevelopment, and immunizations. Early detection of learning disabilities and obesity is crucial for timely interventions and educational support.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric health and developmental assessment.
- Public health and preventative medicine.
Context:
- Routine clinical examinations for children aged 3 to 12 years.
- Importance of early detection of developmental and health issues.
Purpose:
- To outline the key objectives of pediatric clinical examinations.
- To emphasize the assessment of growth, neurodevelopment, and immunization status.
- To highlight the early detection of learning disabilities and obesity prevention.
Summary:
- Clinical exams evaluate child growth (weight, height, BMI) for obesity prevention.
- Neurodevelopmental assessments identify motor, intellectual, and sensorial impairments for early learning disability detection.
- Immunization status is checked against routine schedules and boosters.
Impact:
- Facilitates early intervention for learning disabilities and developmental delays.
- Supports preventative strategies against childhood obesity.
- Ensures adequate immunization coverage, preventing infectious diseases.
- Promotes collaboration between healthcare providers, schools, and specialized services for child well-being.
Abstract:
The specific aims of clinical exams of children from 3 to 12 years of age are to assess: growth including weight and height, and body mass index (BMI) to prevent obesity, neurodevelopment both motor and intellectual including sensorial impairment to detect early learning disabilities, immunization adequacy by assessing routine schedule of vaccination and booster. The GP or paediatrician should cooperate with specialised services and nursery or primary schools to match the system of education to the needs of a given child, particularly in case of learning disabilities (normally, entry into kindergarden at 6 years of age).
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