CONTENIDO:

1. Assesment of the whole person

2. Approach to the clinical setting

3. Physical examination

4. Integration of the health assesment

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Appendixes
A. Recommended childhood an adolescent immunization schedule -United States

B-1 Standard precautions

B-2 Transmission-based precautions

C Body mass index table

D Sample growth charts, for girls and boys (height and weight)

E-1 Blood pressure levels for the 90th and 95th percentiles of blood pressure for girls age 1 to 17 years by percentiles of height

E-2 Blood pressure levels for the 90th and 95th percentiles of blood pressure for boys age 1 to 17 years by percentiles of height

F Recommended dietary intakes

G. Pattern of normal prenatal weigh gain

H-1 Selected percentiles of triceps skinfold thickness and bone-free upper arm area by height in U.S. men, age 25 to 54 years, whit small, medium and large frames

H-2 Selected percentiles of triceps skinfold thickness and bone-free upper arm area by height in U.S. women, age 25 to 54 years, whit small, medium and large frames

I Percentiles of upper arm circumference (mm) and estimated upper arm muscle circunference (mm)

J Frame size by elbow breadth of male and female adults in the U.S.

K Norbeck social support questionnaire