Growth Chart for Down Syndrome children

cliffstark

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Is it possible to load a separate growth chart in CPS10?

When we enter the vitals on a child with DS, they always appear below average on the growth chart. I was asked if we could add a chart specifically to use for those children but I couldn't find a way.

Posted : May 7, 2013 12:18 am

billjames

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cliffstark said:

Is it possible to load a separate growth chart in CPS10?

When we enter the vitals on a child with DS, they always appear below average on the growth chart. I was asked if we could add a chart specifically to use for those children but I couldn't find a way.

Cliff, have you received a response to this? I am interested in this as well.

Posted : July 17, 2013 2:25 am

DavidShower

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In EMR 9.5 if you right-click on a growth chart and highlight Reference Curves - there is a Downs Syndrome setting. I would assume it is the same for CPS. If you search the EMR help for Downs Syndrome you get this:

Shift reference curves
An infant that is born a few weeks before the expected date of birth (called the Expected Date of Confinement or EDC) typically lags behind on the growth curves compared to an infant born full term (40 weeks of gestation). 

You can shift the reference curves of the growth charts by an amount equal to the EDC birthday to compensate for the prematurity.

You can also change the reference curve to graph pediatric growth for patients with Down Syndrome.

To shift reference curves
 1  Graph growth charts. 
 2  To change the patient’s gestational age for the chart, right-click on the graph and select Gestational age at birth. You can choose a week between 26 and 40. Forty weeks is considered full term. 

Note. Changing the gestational age in the growth chart only changes the view for this session. No changes are made to gestational age for later viewing.

 3  To change the growth chart’s reference curve for Down Syndrome, right-click on the graph and select Reference Curves> Down Syndrome.

Posted : July 18, 2013 6:09 am

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