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Growth charts to assist your practice with trending the height, weight, BMI and head circumference over time and against age-specific percentiles for pediatric patients and patients under the age of 21. Elation uses the WHO guidelines for growth charts for children between 0 and 24 months, and CDC guidelines for children between 2 and 20 years. In addition to the standard growth charts, you can view growth charts for pre-term infants and patients with Down Syndrome.
To plot a patient’s height, weight, BMI and/or head circumference information on the growth charts in Elation, document this information in the corresponding structured vitals fields within a visit note or non-visit note.
As soon as you document the structured height, weight, BMI and/or head circumference information in either a visit or non-visit note, the vitals data will be automatically plotted on the growth standard statistical distribution charts for the appropriate age range.
- Visit notes do not need to be signed in order for you to see vitals from that visit populated on the growth chart. Simply click "Refresh" to see changes.
User Tips:
- Easily switch between viewing growth charts for height, weight, BMI and/or head circumference by clicking on the tabs in the leftmost panel
- The growth chart is color coded for your convenience to allow you to easily identify the percentile trends. The patient’s vitals are indicated by the dark blue dots on the growth chart, against these color coded percentile trends.
- To view more detailed information about each data point, hover over the area that you are interested in within the graph. You may also view the patient’s vitals in a tabular format below the graph. Scroll down on the growth chart window to view the table. For BMI growth charts, Elation displays the calculated BMI percentile in this tabular view and the hover over!
There are two ways for you to view growth charts in Elation:
- From the Clinical Profile in the patient chart, scroll down to the Other Info section and click "Actions" >> "See Growth Chart" to open the growth charts for the patient.
- Within any two-column visit note, open the growth chart directly from the visit note by clicking the "Growth Charts’" button directly under the Vitals section.
There are five types of growth charts available in Elation, including:
- 0-24 months (WHO)
- 2-20 years (CDC)
- Pre-Term*
- Down Syndrome (0-36 months)
- Down Syndrome (2-20 years)
Important Note: In order to plot values on the Preterm Growth Chart, you will need to add a Preterm infant diagnosis in the patient’s Problem List. The diagnosis must include the weeks that the child is preterm (ex. pre-term newborn infant of 24 completed weeks of gestation). The vitals recorded must also be on a visit note prior to the 40 weeks gestation period for it to show up on the pre-term growth chart.
You can easily print growth charts for your patients by clicking the "Print Chart" button for each growth chart.
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