title: An approach to "failure to thrive".
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Infants commonly present with failure to thrive. Psychosocial and nutritional causes are commonly responsible, but significant organic pathology requires exclusion in all children with failure to thrive.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article discusses an approach to the assessment of infants presenting with failure to thrive, together with information on management and available resources.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Close liaison between those involved in the management of infants presenting with failure to thrive--including family, maternal child health nurse, family doctor and paediatrician--should usually allow for appropriate intervention to correct the failure to thrive.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Ambulatory Care Service, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria. philip.bergman@southernhealth.org.au
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods