The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2013 Failure to thrive is poor physical growth that results when the nutritional demands of young children are not fulfilled. This diagnosis is made when, on serial growth monitoring, the child's anthropometric parameters such as weight for age and/or height are found to be significantly below the expected values.
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Effects of synbiotics on treatment of children with failure to thrive: A triple blind placebo-controlled trial [PDF]
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2014 Background: Failure to thrive (FTT) is a common problem of children especially in underdeveloped countries. In addition to its short-term adverse health effects, it is associated with long-term behavioral and cognitive defects.
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Cricopharyngeal Achalasia Leading to Recurrent Pneumonia and Failure to Thrive in an Infant: A Case Report [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsCricopharyngeal achalasia (CPA) is a rare cause of feeding difficulties in children, potentially leading to failure to thrive (FTT) and recurrent pneumonia. It involves the partial or complete inability of the upper oesophageal sphincter to relax.
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Decreased neutrophil oxidative burst activity in children with failure to thrive - a pilot study. [PDF]
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Prevalence of Failure to Thrive in a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
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Intracerebral Calcifications Associated with Failure to Thrive and Macular Degeneration in an Adolescent: A Case Report [PDF]
International Medical Case Reports JournalAdonis Muganza Nyenga,1 Axel Kayembe Mbuyu,2 Toni Kasole Lubala1 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo; 2Department of Medical Imaging, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic ...
Nyenga AM, Kayembe Mbuyu A, Lubala TK
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Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2000 Failure to thrive is a commonly encountered problem in Paediatric practice. This essentially generic term refers to children whose attained weight or rate of weight gain is significantly below that of other children of similar age and same sex. Several defining criteria have been proposed and help to differentiate true failure to thrive from other ...
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Pediatric Crohn's Disease With Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Resulting in Failure to Thrive: A Case Report. [PDF]
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Long standing paraparesis: A rare presentation of distal renal tubular acidosis
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2021 Neurologic manifestations can accompany systemic diseases, and primary disease can be identified with a careful history, physical examination, and laboratory investigations. Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is an important differential diagnosis in any child
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