Background: Failure to thrive (FTT) is a common underlying condition in patients with Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The aim of current study was to evaluate nutritional status and growth pattern in CDH patients. Methods: In current study, we investigated a total of 146 CDH patients who had undergone surgery in Dr. Sheikh Hospital, Mashhad, Iran between April 2006 to November 2013. Due ...

PURPOSE To investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes among infants and toddlers with failure to thrive (FTT). METHODS This retrospective study was done with 123 patients who had visited Pusan National University Children's Hospital during their first two years of life and had received an FTT diagnosis. We compared the clinical characteristics of the patients based on the causes of...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Although globally the numbers of children diagnosed with failure to thrive (FTT) have decreased, FTT is still a serious pediatric problem. We aimed to investigate the effects of zinc supplementation for 6 months on growth parameters of infants and children with FTT. SUBJECTS/METHODS In this retrospective study, of the 114 participants aged between 4 months and 6 years, 8...

The clinical evaluation of failure to thrive (FTT) includes a thorough history and physical examination; observation of parent–child interactions; observation and documentation of the child’s feeding patterns; and a home visit by an appropriately trained health care professional (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: C). Further diagnostic testing should be performed as indicated by positive fi ndi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether admission day of the week affects the length of stay (LOS) and health care costs for failure to thrive (FTT) admissions. METHODS Administrative data were obtained for all children aged <2 years (N = 23 332) with a primary admission diagnosis of FTT from 2003-2011 from 42 freestanding US hospitals. Demographic characteristics, day of admission, LOS, costs per stay...

This paper describes a significant incident involving an infant admitted with Failure To Thrive (FTT), her young mother and the author as the nurse involved. This incident led to reflection on practice and exploration of the effects of making assumptions and premature judgments on the author's nursing actions. Previous experiences, personal beliefs and the influence of colleagues' opinions on t...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (pha1) is a rare congenital disease of mineralocorticoid resistance which characterized by neonatal renal salt wasting, vomiting, dehydration and failure to thrive. the clinical presentation of the disease represented mostly during neonatal period with a wide spectrum of symptoms...

Pediatric Failure To Thrive (FTT), commonly presented in young infants, is often not diagnosed on time or missed. Lack of timely infants’ diagnosis can adversely affect their growth and development. We have developed successfully tested FTTell—a model-based system for diagnosing FTT during common pediatric follow up. FTTell an executable diagnostic tool FTT. use Object-Process Methodology exten...

OBJECTIVE Maternal problem-solving abilities, as they related to specific child-rearing situations, were examined and compared among mothers of infants with failure to thrive (FTT) and a matched group of comparison mothers. METHODS Participants were 37 mothers of children diagnosed with FTT and 37 mothers with normally growing children matched on three child variables and five maternal variab...