Tanner Stages

[yankees527]

Anyone think the Tanner stages are important enough to try to remember every detail? (besides the general trend of lower stage=less developed, vice versa).

Don't want to spin my wheels if it's not important.

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[Anti-PD1]

I've never had a question where I thought I had to know them besides what you pointed out. There's usually some other context to the question. It's also a little unreliable, since people go through puberty at different ages.

I guess extremes = red flags, like precocious puberty vs 17 yo girl w/o menarche.

 

[Ismet]

I don't recall Tanner staging being a big deal on Step 1. For your peds shelf, definitely. And for Step 2 CK more so than Step 1. Just know it in general.

I've never had a question where I thought I had to know them besides what you pointed out. There's usually some other context to the question. It's also a little unreliable, since people go through puberty at different ages.

I guess extremes = red flags, like precocious puberty vs 17 yo girl w/o menarche.

That's really where Tanner staging is important, when someone is further along in staging at a young age, or at a low stage in their mid-late teens. Also if there is discordant development. It's not meant to correlate to chronological age, as there's a wide range of ages that can go along with each stage.

 

[Alis2010]

it is important, my friend had a q. on his exam