UTHSC General Pediatrics - Disease-Specific Well-Child Care

Children with many inherited conditions require special interventions and surveillance in their routine well-child care. This may involve such interventions as special tests or the use of disease-specific growth charts.

• Achondroplasia
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children With Achondroplasia
• Down Syndrome
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children With Down Syndrome
  • Growth Charts for Down Syndrome
  • Health Care Guidelines for People with DS (Down Syndrome Quarterly)
  • Flow Sheet: Ages Birth to 12 Years
  • Flow Sheet: Ages 13 Years to Adulthood
• Fragile X Syndrome
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children With Fragile X Syndrome
• Hypothyroidism, Congenital
  • AAP Policy: Newborn Screening for Congenital Hypothyroidism: Recommended Guidelines
• Marfan Syndrome
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children with Marfan Syndrome (RE9639)
• Neurofibromatosis
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children With Neurofibromatosis
• Sickle Cell Disease
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children With Sickle Cell Diseases and Their Families
• Turner Syndrome
  • Health Supervision for Children With Turner Syndrome (2003)
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children With Turner Syndrome (1995)
• Williams Syndrome
  • AAP Policy: Health Supervision for Children With Williams Syndrome