TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical review of failure to thrive in pediatric patients
AU - Larson-Nath, Catherine
AU - Biank, Vincent F.
PY - 2016/2
Y1 - 2016/2
N2 - Failure to thrive (FTT) is a common problem that occurs when caloric intake is insufficient to maintain growth. For the majority of children it can be reversed with behavioral modifications and increased caloric provisions. In a minority of cases, FTT is the symptom of underlying organic disease. Routine evaluation with laboratory tests, imagining studies, and endoscopy results in an etiology of FTT in <1.4% of cases, and when investigations are positive the organic etiology is most often suspected based on history and/or physical examination. Therefore, these evaluations should be limited to those children with clear symptoms of organic disease and those who fail to grow with behavioral and nutritional interventions.
AB - Failure to thrive (FTT) is a common problem that occurs when caloric intake is insufficient to maintain growth. For the majority of children it can be reversed with behavioral modifications and increased caloric provisions. In a minority of cases, FTT is the symptom of underlying organic disease. Routine evaluation with laboratory tests, imagining studies, and endoscopy results in an etiology of FTT in <1.4% of cases, and when investigations are positive the organic etiology is most often suspected based on history and/or physical examination. Therefore, these evaluations should be limited to those children with clear symptoms of organic disease and those who fail to grow with behavioral and nutritional interventions.
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U2 - 10.3928/00904481-20160114-01
DO - 10.3928/00904481-20160114-01
M3 - Article
C2 - 26878182
AN - SCOPUS:84957884352
VL - 45
SP - e46-e49
JO - Pediatric Annals
JF - Pediatric Annals
SN - 0090-4481
IS - 2
ER -