juanita hernandez is an 18-month-old hispanic, the younger of two children. juanita was at the 25th percentile for height and weight at birth, but both measurements fell to just below the 5th percentile during her first year. for the last 6 months however, her rate of growth has been normal and her height and weight curves lie parallel to just below the 5th percentile. juanita appears quite sma...

The term failure to thrive (FTT) can imply very diVerent conditions, depending on the context. To a general paediatrician, it might conjure up a respectably clad child, sitting on an anxious mother’s lap as you study growth charts and test results in the hope of inspiration. To a social worker it might imply a wasted, miserable child found in a cold, dirty house. These diVering images reflect n...

The symptom failure to thrive (FTT) is increasing in the general population, and has a prevalence of 9.6% among infants in the United States. Other factors occur in association with growth failure such as medical and dental anomalies and developmental delays that influence the management of these children. Four cases are presented to demonstrate the spectrum of problems and interdisciplinary ma...

Background. Brain natriuretic peptide and its inactive fragment N-terminal pro-BNP (N-BNP) are reliable markers of ventricular dysfunction in adults and children. We analyzed the impact of nutritional state on N-BNP levels in infants with failure to thrive (FTT) and in infants with severe heart failure (HF). The purpose of this study was to compare N-BNP levels in infants with FTT with infants ...

Back ground: Failure to thrive (FTT) is a condition of poor weight gain in early childhood. Low appetite which is associated with FTT interacts with increasing caloric intake as the main treatment for FTT. Phytochemicals in herbal remedies could alter appetite more than the expected effects of other nutrients. This review aimed to assess the effective and safe herbal appetizer for children with...

monosomy 21 is a rare chromosomal abnormality which is persented in mosaic or homogenous forms.the latter form which is very rare,is determined by intra uterin growth retardation)IUGR),failure to thrive (FTT),prominent craniofacial,skeletal deformities and differnt degrees of delay in psychomotor activities.we report an eight years old boy who was admitted in pediatric ward(hospital No 1 of Ker...

PURPOSE The long-term impact of Helicobacter pylori infection is complex, and concerns about the need for eradication exist. We conducted this case control study to investigate the association between H. pylori infection and failure to thrive (FTT). PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 2009 to December 2011, 53 children with FTT group and matched children with the same sex and age and similar so...

cystic fibrosis (cf) is an autosomal recessive disease, which affects many organs as it impairs chloride channel. this study was performed to evaluate growth status and its relationship with some laboratory indices such as cholesterol (chol), triglyceride (tg), albumin and total protein in children with cf referred to pediatrics center. this study was designed as a cross-sectional study in one ...

Although failure to thrive (FTT) is generally thought to be a nutritional problem, dietary intake in children with FTT has been little researched. We describe two community-based studies of dietary intake and eating behaviour in FTT. The first study of ninety-seven children with FTT identified by population screening found that only a minority of case children were associated with neglect, orga...