ELL Children Vs. Adults

What's considered the "5th vital sign" in children

Children have higher body (blank), increased (blank) rate, and increased (blank) water loss

A child's apex is (blank) intercostal spaces higher than an adult

Lower % of blood in head

• Adults

• Children

Infants are nose breathers until about (blank) months

Children have more alveoli in their lungs than adults

• True

• False

Children are abdominal breathers until about (blank) years old

Infants less than (blank) months cannot shiver

In children, lymph nodes may have residual enlargement from previous infection

• True

• False