1. General Assessment
- General appearance
- State of alertness, behavior
- Muscle tone
- Symmetry
- Response to sound and movement
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2. Skin
- Colour
- Rashes, lesions, petechiae
- Birthmarks
- Turgor
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3. Measurements
- Head Circumference
- Length
- Weight
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4. Head
- Sutures
- Fontanels
- Bones of skull
- Symmetry
- Cephalhematoma
- Gaze, tracking
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5. Heart and lungs
- Auscultate heart sounds over the five areas of the heart: aortic, pulmonic, 3rd left interspace, tricuspid and mitral
- Rate and regularity
- Auscultate lungs, air entry
- Symmetry during respirations
- Clavicles
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6. Abdomen and hips
- Palpate the abdomen for liver, spleen
- Distention, masses and hernia
- Observe umbilicus
- Assess hips for congenital dislocation
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7. Developmental markers
- Smiling
- Cooing
- Head control
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