title: Longitudinal study of the growth of infants with isolated Robin sequence considered being severe cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the growth of infants with isolated Robin sequence (IRS) considered being severe cases during the first 6 months of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty infants with IRS, considered being severe cases were followed in a pure prospective longitudinal study. Feeding facilitating techniques were applied to all infants after airway disobstruction and a hypercaloric diet was offered. Weight and length were measured at birth and at 2-month intervals until 6 months of age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The infants with severe IRS under study showed impaired weight and length growth from birth to 6 months of age when the values were compared to the NCHS2000 reference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malnutrition persisted in infants with severe IRS during the first 6 months of life despite the use of special diet and techniques developed for clinical recovery of this anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais, Universidade de São Paulo (HRAC-USP), Brazil. marquesi@usp.br
authors.forename: Ilza L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Heloísa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bettiol
authors.forename: Luiz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: Maria I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Bachega
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies