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Failure to Thrive
Pregunta
What is the definition of failure to thrive? Is it an appropriate diagnosis for children with CdLS?
Respuesta de nuestros expertos
Failure to thrive occurs in infants and children when the physical growth, especially weight gain, is less than peers (usually below 3rd to 5th percentile on growth charts or when there's been a downward change of the percentile on the growth charts). Since individuals with CdLS are known to be small in all parameters, I have never thought that Failure to Thrive (FTT) was an appropriate term. If a child with CdLS would start to fall off his or her CdLS growth percentiles, then he or she could have FTT within the context of CdLS. Reflux and poor feeding could be a cause
TK 7-13-10
Aprobado porClinical Advisory Board (CAB)
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Recomendación (es)
Crecimiento en la infancia
R11
El crecimiento de cada niño con SCdL debería ser monitorizado utilizando gráficas de crecimiento específicas para el SCdL.
