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Medical sources & references

17 sources · mykidapp.in

MyKid keeps records and shows general information from the published guidance below. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat. A tracker score is a summary of what you logged, not a diagnosis. Always follow your own paediatrician, and in an emergency contact your local emergency services.

The same list is in the app: Profile / Settings → “Where our medical information comes from”, and at the foot of every screen that shows medical information.

Growth charts & percentiles

WHO Child Growth Standards (birth to 5 years)
World Health Organization · 2006
Used for: Weight-, length/height-, BMI- and head-circumference-for-age percentiles and z-scores for children under 5.
WHO Growth Reference (5–19 years)
World Health Organization · 2007
Used for: Height-, weight- and BMI-for-age percentiles for school-age children and teenagers.
Revised IAP Growth Charts for Height, Weight and BMI (5–18 years)
Indian Academy of Pediatrics · Indian Pediatrics 2015;52:47–55 · 2015
Used for: The India-specific 5–18 year growth charts you can switch to instead of the WHO reference.
Low Weight, Morbidity, and Mortality in Children with Cerebral Palsy: New Clinical Growth Charts
Brooks J, Day S, Shavelle R, Strauss D · Pediatrics 2011;128:e299–307 · 2011
Used for: The growth curves shown for a child with cerebral palsy — by GMFCS level, and at level V by how the child is fed — instead of the general reference.
Concordance between mid-upper arm circumference and BMI percentiles in children
Abdel-Rahman SM, Bi C, Thaete K · Nutrition in Clinical Practice 2017;32:68–76 · 2017
Used for: The arm-circumference-for-age chart, offered when a child cannot be weighed or stood up to be measured.

Vaccination schedule

IAP Immunization Schedule (Advisory Committee on Vaccines & Immunization Practices)
Indian Academy of Pediatrics · 2026
Used for: Which vaccines are due at what age, the number of doses, and the catch-up rules.
National Immunization Schedule
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India · current
Used for: The government-programme vaccines shown alongside the IAP schedule.
WHO Vaccine Position Papers
World Health Organization · current
Used for: Minimum ages and minimum gaps between doses, cross-checked against WHO.

Development milestones

CDC’s Developmental Milestones (“Learn the Signs. Act Early.”)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022
Used for: The milestone checklists for each age band, and the “talk to your doctor if…” prompts.
Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents
American Academy of Pediatrics · 4th edition
Used for: Well-child visit ages and what is watched for at each one.

Diet & nutrition

Dietary Guidelines for Indians
ICMR – National Institute of Nutrition · 2024
Used for: Calorie and protein targets by age band, and the portion sizes used in the diet charts.
Infant and young child feeding / breastfeeding guidance
World Health Organization · current
Used for: Exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months, and starting complementary foods from 6 months.

Medicines & doses

IAP Standard Treatment Guidelines
Indian Academy of Pediatrics · current edition
Used for: The red flags and severity rules in the condition trackers — for example fast-breathing thresholds for pneumonia and the dehydration plans for diarrhoea.
IAP publications & paediatric drug formulary (India)
Indian Academy of Pediatrics · current edition
Used for: Drug names, available strengths and formulations, and the weight-based dose ranges offered in the prescription tool.
Drug Dosages in Children (9th edition)
Meharban Singh & Ashok K Deorari · CBS Publishers · 9th edition
Used for: The mg/kg dose ranges, dosing frequencies and maximum doses the prescribing assistant works from, and the per-dose and per-day ceilings the dose checks compare a prescription against. Decision support only — the prescriber verifies every dose.

Condition trackers

IAP Standard Treatment Guidelines
Indian Academy of Pediatrics · current edition
Used for: The red flags and severity rules in the condition trackers — for example fast-breathing thresholds for pneumonia and the dehydration plans for diarrhoea.
Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children (2nd edition)
World Health Organization · 2013
Used for: Danger signs and how the trackers grade a day as green, amber or red.
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI / IMNCI)
World Health Organization · current
Used for: General danger signs, and the separate rules that apply to babies under 2 months.
Dengue and severe dengue
World Health Organization · current
Used for: The warning signs and severe-dengue criteria in the dengue tracker.
KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury
Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes · 2012
Used for: Urine-output staging in the acute kidney injury tracker.
Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management (NG143)
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK) · 2021
Used for: The rule that a fever in a baby under 3 months is always a same-day review.
Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention
Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) · current report
Used for: The asthma-control questions, and how a fortnight of them is graded in the asthma & wheeze tracker.
Nebulized racemic epinephrine by IPPB for the treatment of croup (the Westley croup score)
Westley CR, Cotton EK, Brooks JG · American Journal of Diseases of Children 1978;132:484–7 · 1978
Used for: Grading croup as mild, moderate or severe in the croup tracker.
Rome IV Criteria for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Rome Foundation · 2016
Used for: The constipation and functional tummy-pain questions in the gut trackers.
Stool form scale as a useful guide to intestinal transit time (the Bristol stool scale)
Lewis SJ, Heaton KW · Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 1997;32:920–4 · 1997
Used for: The picture cards a parent taps to describe a stool, in the gut and kidney trackers.

Newborn care

WHO Child Growth Standards (birth to 5 years)
World Health Organization · 2006
Used for: Weight-, length/height-, BMI- and head-circumference-for-age percentiles and z-scores for children under 5.
Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents
American Academy of Pediatrics · 4th edition
Used for: Well-child visit ages and what is watched for at each one.
Infant and young child feeding / breastfeeding guidance
World Health Organization · current
Used for: Exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months, and starting complementary foods from 6 months.
Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children (2nd edition)
World Health Organization · 2013
Used for: Danger signs and how the trackers grade a day as green, amber or red.
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI / IMNCI)
World Health Organization · current
Used for: General danger signs, and the separate rules that apply to babies under 2 months.
Fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management (NG143)
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK) · 2021
Used for: The rule that a fever in a baby under 3 months is always a same-day review.

Questions

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