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Growth Failure in Children
Author(s) -
Al Nofal Alaa,
Schwenk W. Frederick
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533613506015
Subject(s) - failure to thrive , medicine , weight gain , growth retardation , physical examination , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , body weight , surgery , pregnancy , biology , genetics
One of the most important aspects of a well‐child examination is an assessment of a child's growth. Children who are failing to grow are often labeled “failure to thrive.” However, close examination of the pattern of growth on standardized growth charts often allows the caregiver to characterize the growth failure as failure to grow, failure to gain weight, or failure to grow and gain weight. Such refinement of the pattern of growth failure allows for a more specific differential diagnosis and helps to focus laboratory and radiographic evaluation.