Metabolic Disorders
.The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner evaluates children's growth to screen for
endocrine and metabolic disorders. Which is a critical component of this screening?
A. Measuring supine length in children over the age of 2 years
B. Obtaining serial measurements to assess patterns over time
C. Using the CDC growth chart for children under age 2 years
D. Using the WHO growth chart for children over age 2 years - answer B. Obtaining
serial measurements to assess patterns over time
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is performing a well child
examination on a 5yearold girl. The parents ask if the child s adult height can be
predicted. The nurse practitioner learns that the mother is 5'8" tall and the father is 5'11"
tall. The nurse practitioner will estimate which expected adult height for this child?
A. 5'11" tall
B. 5'7" tall
C. 5'8" tall
D. 6' tall - answer B. 5'7" tall
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is performing a well child
examination on a 2yearold child with a history of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
whose height remains less than the 3rd percentile on a WHO growth chart. What will the
nurse practitioner do?
A. Consider prescribing growth hormone therapy.
B. Reassure the parent that this is normal for this child.
C. Refer the child to a dietician for dietary supplementation.
D. Refer the child to a pediatric endocrinologist - answer D. Refer the child to a pediatric
endocrinologist
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is evaluating a child who has short stature.
Although bone age studies reveal a delay in bone age, the child's growth is consistent
with bone age. Which diagnosis is most likely?
A. Constitutional growth delay
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Metabolic Disorders
B. Growth hormone deficiency
C. Idiopathic short stature
D. Klinefelter syndrome - answer A. Constitutional growth delay
5. The mother of a female infant is concerned that her daughter is developing breasts.
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner notes mild breast development but no
pubic mild or axillary hair. What is the likely diagnosis?
A. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia causing breast development
B. Precocious puberty needing endocrinology management
C. Premature adrenarche which will lead to pubic hair onset
D. Premature thelarche which will resolve over time - answer D. Premature thelarche
which will resolve over time
A 7yearold female has recently developed pubic and axillary hair without breast
development. Her bone age is consistent with her chronological age, and a pediatric
endocrinologist has diagnosed idiopathic premature adrenarche. The primary care
pediatric nurse practitioner will monitor this child for which condition?
A. Adrenal tumor
B. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
C. Polycystic ovary syndrome
D. Type 1 diabetes mellitus - answer C. Polycystic ovary syndrome
. A 6yearold female has had a recent growth spurt and an exam reveals breast
and pubic hair development. Her bone age is determined to be 8 years. What will the
primary care pediatric nurse practitioner do next?
A. Order LH and FSH levels and a longacting GnRH agonist.
B. Order thyroid function tests to exclude primary hypothyroidism.
C. Reassure the parent that this is most likely idiopathic.
D. Refer the child to a pediatric endocrinologist for management. - answer D. Refer the
child to a pediatric endocrinologist for management.