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Failure to Thrive
Question
What is the definition of failure to thrive? Is it an appropriate diagnosis for children with CdLS?
Réponse de nos experts
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
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La croissance dans l'enfance
R11
R11 : La croissance de chaque enfant atteint du SCdL doit être surveillée à l'aide de courbes de croissance spécifiques au SCdL.
