RT Book, Section
A1 Duryea, Teresa
A1 Motil, Kathleen J.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182917227
T1 Poor Weight Gain
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182917227
RD 2022/08/17
AB Poor  weight  gain  is  the  finding  of  weight  loss  or  a  deceleration  in  the  rate  of  weight  gain.  Failure  to  thrive  describes  the  condition  of  infants  and  toddlers  under  age  2  years  who  have  an  abnormally  low  weight  relative  to  their  stature  for  their  age  and  sex.  With  prolonged  and/or  severe  malnutrition,  linear  growth  and  head  circumference  can  be  secondarily  affected.  The  term  failure  to  thrive  is  not  a  singular  disorder;  rather,  poor  growth  is  a  sign  of  an  underlying  problem  that  leads  to  insufficient  usable  nutrition.  A  wide  variety  of  medical  and  psychosocial  factors  can  contribute  to  poor  weight  gain.