Sections View Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Annotate Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Supplementary Content + Download Section PDF ++ The following is a checklist that can be used as a template to memorise normal quantitative values for basic medical conditions and management. ++ Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|Print Vital signs (average) < 6 months 6 months – 3 years 3 – 12 years Adult Pulse 120–140 110 80 – 100 60 – 100 Respiratory rate 45 30 20 14 BP (mmHg) 90/60 90/60 100/70 ≤ 130/85 ++ Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|Print Children's weight 1–10 years Rule of thumb: Wt = (age + 4) × 2 kg ++ Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|Print Fever—temperature (morning)(a) (a) There is considerable diurnal variation in temperature so that it is higher in the evening (0.5–1°C). I would recommend the definition given by Yung et al. in Infectious Diseases: a Clinical Approach: ‘Fever can be defined as an early morning oral temperature > 37.2°C or a temperature > 37.8°C at other times of the day’. Oral > 37.2°C Rectal > 37.7°C ++ Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|Print Diabetes mellitus—Diagnostic criteria: blood sugar Random 1 reading if symptomatic 2 readings if asymptomatic >11.1 mmol/L Fasting > 7.0 mmol/L or the 2 values from an oral GTT Hypokalaemia Serum potassium <3.5 mmol/L Jaundice Serum bilirubin > 19 μmol/L ++ Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|Print Hyperkalaemia Serum potassium >5.0 mmol/L Hypertension BP > 140/90 mmHg Alcohol excessive drinking Males >4 standard drinks/day Females >2 standard drinks/day Alcohol health guidelines Males and females ≤ 2 standard drinks/day < 4 standard drinks/occasion Anaemia—haemoglobin Males < 130 g/L Females < 115 g/L Body mass index Wt (kg)/Ht (m2) Normal 20–25 Overweight > 25 Obesity > 30