Looking for pallor in palms
Ask the patient to display the palms. Palms should not be overstretched. Compare the pinkness of the palm with your palm or with that of a healthy person. Next, observe for the pallor of the palmar creases.
How do you assess for pallor?
Assessment the child with anaemia
- LOOK for palmar pallor (unusual paleness of the skin) Look at the skin of the child's palm. ...
- If the skin of the child's palm is pale, the child has some palmar pallor.
- If the skin of the palm is very pale or so pale that it looks white, the child has severe palmar pallor.
Where do you find pallor?
Pallor was assessed in four sites (conjunctiva, tongue, nailbed and palm).
