Sections View Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Annotate Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Supplementary Content + Download Section PDF ++ The following is a type of checklist that one can use as a template in everyday practice and for teaching. ++Table Graphic Jump LocationView Table||Download (.pdf) Hypertension BP >140/90 mmHg Alcohol: excessive drinking ♀ >2 SDs/d; ♂ >4 SDs/d Anaemia Haemoglobin ♀ <120 g/L; ♂ <130 g/L Body mass index Wt(kg)/Ht(m2) normal 20–25 overweight >25 obesity >30 Jaundice s. bilirubin >19 μmol/L Fever temperature (morning)(a) oral >37.2°C rectal >37.7°C (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’. Dangerous ≥ 41.5°C. ++ Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|Print Diabetes mellitus blood sugar—random(b) >11.1 mmol/L blood sugar—fasting >7.0 mmol/L(c) Hypokalaemia s. potassium <3.5 mmol/L Hyperkalaemia s. potassium >5.0 mmol/L (b) 1 reading if symptomatic, 2 readings if asymptomatic(c) or the 2 values from an oral GTT ++Table Graphic Jump LocationView Table||Download (.pdf) Vital signs (average) <6 mths 6 mths–3 yrs 3–12 yrs Adult Pulse (beats/min) 120–140 110 80–100 60–100 Respiration rate (breaths/min) 45 30 20 14 BP (mmHg) 90/60 90/60 100/70 ≤130/85 Children’s weight rule of thumb (1–10 yr old) Wt = (age + 4) × 2 kg