This 3-month-old girl was evaluated for failure to thrive and jaundice. She was the 2,685-gram product of a full-term, uncomplicated pregnancy, labor, and delivery to a 21-year-old gravida 2 para 2 (G2P2) woman. Shortly after birth, it became clear the child had signifi cant failure to thrive and jaundice despite multiple manipulations of formula. She had an extensive evaluation after being fou...

A 4-month-old male was referred to the Dept of Paediatric Surgery at the authors9 institution, for the investigation of respiratory distress, failure to thrive and complete situs viscerum inversus since birth. A chest radiograph obtained a few hours after birth showed situs viscerum inversus, left apical atelectasis, hyperinflation and hyperlucency of the remaining left lung, and a mild shift o...

We report a case of chronic administration of Epsom salts leading to diarrhoea and severe weight loss in 7 month old girl.

We are reporting an infant who was presented to our institution exhibiting a failure to thrive and hyponatremia. An extensive renal evaluation revealed resistive hyponatremia with normal renal glomerular and tubular function. Patient remained hyponatremic even after fluid restriction, salt loading and Fludrocortisone (Florinef) administration. Water deprivation and water loading tests were sugg...

BACKGROUND Coeliac disease used to be considered as a disease of European and Western population but now it has emerged as a global problem. Objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency and mode of presentation of coeliac disease in children presenting with failure to thrive. METHODS This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at Paediatrics Department of Madina Teaching Hos...

Failure to thrive (FTT) is a syndrome of growth failure that results in an infant who is behaviorally difficult. The current thinking is that FTT results from a problematic infant-mother interaction, with the infant making a significant contribution to the interactional process. It is possible that the behavioral characteristics of the infant with FTT may be related to underlying physiologic re...

The etiology of infantile failure to thrive in the US is extremely diverse. Causes range from naive or malevolent parents; cost of formula for low-income families; mothers inexperienced with breast-feeding; and a range of organic causes. Many experts categorize failure-tothrive (FTT) as either organic or nonorganic. Recognizing the initial stages of FTT is challenging, but becomes readily appar...

KIRTI GUPTA, *SURJIT SINGH, *DHRUBAJYOTI SHARMA, #MINI P SINGH AND *MEENU SINGH From the Departments of Histopathology, *Pediatrics, and #Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. Correspondence to: Dr Kirti Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, (PGIMER), Chandigar...