Understanding Short Stature in Children
Über den Vortrag
Der Vortrag „Understanding Short Stature in Children“ von Brian Alverson, MD ist Bestandteil des Kurses „Year 4 – Selective Sub-Internship“. Der Vortrag ist dabei in folgende Kapitel unterteilt:
- Short Stature: Diagnosis
- Signs & Symptoms
- Calculating Expected Height
- Clinical Presentation
- Causes of Short Stature
Quiz zum Vortrag
If the father of a boy is 180 cm and mother is 167 cm, on average, that boy’s eventual height is likely to be what?
- 180cm
- 182cm
- 178cm
- 176cm
- 184cm
A 13-year-old girl is brought to a pediatrician as she is shorter than her younger siblings. She has not had menarche yet. On physical examination, she has widely spaced nipples and webbed neck. Which of the following is the most likely cause of her short stature?
- Turner syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Patau syndrome
- Klinefelter syndrome
- Edward syndrome
Which of the following is the most common cause of short stature?
- Constitutional delay
- Endocrine disorder
- Systemic disease
- Growth hormone deficiency
- Poor nutrition
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Dozent des Vortrages Understanding Short Stature in Children
Brian Alverson, MD
Dr. Brian Alverson is the Residency Director at Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware and a Professor of Pediatrics at Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Until 2022, he has been a Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medical Science at Brown University, as well as the Director for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Hasbro Children's Hospital, Rhode Island, USA.
He obtained his MD at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1999 and is currently also the Director of Undergraduate Pediatric Education at the Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University.
Due to his achievements in pediatric education, he has won over 25 teaching awards at two Ivy League Medical Schools.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Alverson teaches courses on Pediatrics.
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Good lecture, I liked the mentions of the different diseases and etiologies. It clarifies the whole topic.
