title: [Non-organic failure to thrive: retrospective study in hospitalized children].
abstract: To evaluate incidence, clinical and laboratoristic values of patients with non organic failure to thrive (NOFTT), a retrospective study (January 1987-January 1991) among inpatient children of Department of Pediatrics of University of Padova was made. Thirty-six children (23 females and 13 males) aged 10 days to 22 months were selected. The incidence of NOFTT was 1.15% of total admission for the same age; it was more frequent in females than in males (F:M = 1.8:1) and it was more represented in children 0-3 months and 10-12 months aged. The main data have been: breast-feeding very frequent but early stopped (45% within the first month of life); administration of special formulas (soy milk, hydrolisate, hypoallergenic formulas) in 25% of cases. Specific symptoms in different ages: regurgitation, sucking problems and dysphagia more present in children less than 3 months, and inappetence and/or food refusal more represented in children more than 3 months. Ematologic and other lab values were totally normal.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Genero
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fait
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guariso
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution
vernacular_title: Scarsa crescita non organica: studio retrospettivo su bambini ricoverati.