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Faltering growth

Última revisão: 20 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 16 Nov 2023

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • faltering growth
  • signs of malnutrition
  • poor social history
  • poor quantity or quality of food or fluid intake
  • lack of clarity in communication between parent and child
  • abnormal feeding/eating behavior
  • perinatal complications
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • family history of faltering growth
  • increased caloric loss
  • gastrointestinal symptoms
  • comorbid medical history
  • recurrent ear infections
  • recent surgery/burns
  • dehydration
  • cleft lip and/or palate
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Fatores de risco

  • small for gestational age (SGA)
  • gastrointestinal problems (reflux, celiac disease)
  • poor caregiver knowledge
  • poor caregiver-child interaction
  • cerebral palsy
  • prematurity
  • poverty
  • lack of family mealtime routine
  • autism
  • chronic medical problems
  • allergies
  • swallowing disorder or history of choking
  • caregiver depression
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • according to clinical assessment
  • CBC
  • iron studies
  • chemistry panel
  • urinalysis
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • blood lead level
  • serologic testing for celiac disease
  • stool analysis
  • HIV testing or other infectious screen
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

all patients

Contributors

Authors

Howard Dubowitz, MD

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore

MD

利益声明

HD declares that he has no competing interests.

Maureen Black, PhD

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore

MD

Distinguished Fellow

RTI International

Research Triangle Park

Durham

NC

利益声明

MB declares that she has no competing interests.

同行评议者

Kerri Gosselin, MD, MPH

Director of Pediatric Nutrition

UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center

Worcester

MA

利益声明

KG declares that she has no competing interests.

Catherine Larson-Nath, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis

MN

利益声明

CLN declares that she has no competing interests.

​Margot Tang, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston

MA

利益声明

MT declares that she has no competing interests.

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关键文献

Tang MN, Adolphe S, Rogers SR, et al. Failure to thrive or growth faltering: medical, developmental/behavioral, nutritional, and social dimensions. Pediatr Rev. 2021 Nov;42(11):590-603. 摘要

Becker P, Carney LN, Corkins MR, et al. Consensus statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: indicators recommended for the identification and documentation of pediatric malnutrition (undernutrition). Nutr Clin Pract. 2015 Feb;30(1):147-61.全文  摘要

Kleinman R. American Academy of Pediatrics. Nutritional needs of the preterm infant. In: Kleinman RE, ed. Pediatric nutrition handbook, 5th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2004:36.

Kuczmarski RJ, Ogden CL, Guo SS, et al. 2000 CDC growth charts for the United States: methods and development. Vital Health Stat 11. 2002 May;(246):1-190.全文  摘要

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