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Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive

Assessment Miss A is a 9 years old Malay girl who had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma since 2018 and recently was referred to the outpatient clinic due to failure to thrive (FTT). She is a full-term baby at the 39th week with a birth weight of 2.6kg. She is the youngest out of 5 siblings and cu...

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Main Authors: Alia Nadhirah, Abd Rahim, Ying, C.Y., Nik Aina Asyarah, Nik Abd Ghani
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Published: 2021
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spelling my-unisza-ir.43952022-01-10T08:17:23Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4395/ Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive Alia Nadhirah, Abd Rahim Ying, C.Y. Nik Aina Asyarah, Nik Abd Ghani R Medicine (General) RZ Other systems of medicine Assessment Miss A is a 9 years old Malay girl who had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma since 2018 and recently was referred to the outpatient clinic due to failure to thrive (FTT). She is a full-term baby at the 39th week with a birth weight of 2.6kg. She is the youngest out of 5 siblings and currently studying at SK Bukit Payong. Both of her parents are working with her father works as a clerk while her mother works at a coffee shop. She also has a family history where her mother had childhood asthma and her father has a small built. Her mother claimed that she is a lightly active girl since she always on the gadget at home and rarely goes outside to play. Miss A's current weight and height are 17.7kg and 119cm respectively where both values are below the 3rd percentiles of the CDC growth chart, which indicates she is suffering from FTT. Miss A claimed that she had bowel open daily but sometimes constipated with type 1 of Bristol stool chart Diagnosis Based on her dietary assessment, her estimated energy intake was 974kca1/day which is inadequate as it only achieved 55% of the energy requirement. She currently consumed full cream milk 1x/day and has minimal oral intake due to early satiety. Intervention Hence, the main goal of the dietary intervention is to provide adequate energy and protein intake. Miss A is encouraged to increase the frequency of full cream milk to 2x/day and add MCT oil to her meals in view of her poor weight gain. Furthermore, the patient is encouraged to have energy and nutrient-dense meals and snacks for weight gain purposes. Monitoring & Evaluation In short, to review and monitor the body weight changes, dietary intake and compliance with the intervention given. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4395/1/FH03-FSK-21-54442.png image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4395/2/FH03-FSK-21-54443.jpeg Alia Nadhirah, Abd Rahim and Ying, C.Y. and Nik Aina Asyarah, Nik Abd Ghani (2021) Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive. In: 26th Malaysian Dietitians' Association, 20-21 Jun 2021, Virtual Conference.
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Nik Aina Asyarah, Nik Abd Ghani
Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive
description Assessment Miss A is a 9 years old Malay girl who had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma since 2018 and recently was referred to the outpatient clinic due to failure to thrive (FTT). She is a full-term baby at the 39th week with a birth weight of 2.6kg. She is the youngest out of 5 siblings and currently studying at SK Bukit Payong. Both of her parents are working with her father works as a clerk while her mother works at a coffee shop. She also has a family history where her mother had childhood asthma and her father has a small built. Her mother claimed that she is a lightly active girl since she always on the gadget at home and rarely goes outside to play. Miss A's current weight and height are 17.7kg and 119cm respectively where both values are below the 3rd percentiles of the CDC growth chart, which indicates she is suffering from FTT. Miss A claimed that she had bowel open daily but sometimes constipated with type 1 of Bristol stool chart Diagnosis Based on her dietary assessment, her estimated energy intake was 974kca1/day which is inadequate as it only achieved 55% of the energy requirement. She currently consumed full cream milk 1x/day and has minimal oral intake due to early satiety. Intervention Hence, the main goal of the dietary intervention is to provide adequate energy and protein intake. Miss A is encouraged to increase the frequency of full cream milk to 2x/day and add MCT oil to her meals in view of her poor weight gain. Furthermore, the patient is encouraged to have energy and nutrient-dense meals and snacks for weight gain purposes. Monitoring & Evaluation In short, to review and monitor the body weight changes, dietary intake and compliance with the intervention given.
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Ying, C.Y.
Nik Aina Asyarah, Nik Abd Ghani
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Ying, C.Y.
Nik Aina Asyarah, Nik Abd Ghani
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title Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive
title_short Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive
title_full Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive
title_fullStr Nutritional management of child with failure to thrive
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