Medical Dictionary Failure To Thrive

Failure to thrive | definition of failure to thrive by Medical …

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Failure to thrive (FTT) is used to describe a delay in a child's growth or development. It is usually applied to infants and children up to two years of age who do not gain or maintain weight as they should. Failure to thrive is not a specific disease, but rather a cluster of …

Failure to Thrive | Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Failure to Thrive: A Practical Guide | AAFP

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Failure to thrive (FTT) is an abnormal pattern of weight gain defined by the lack of sufficient usable nutrition and documented by inadequate weight gain over time.

Failure To Thrive - StatPearls - NCBI …

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Failure to thrive (FTT) is a common term used to describe lack of adequate weight gain in pediatric-aged patients.

Failure to Thrive (FTT): Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

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Failure to thrive (FTT) is a term that is traditionally used for children who have failed to develop and grow normally. Failure to thrive occurs when a child is either not receiving …

Failure to Thrive | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Failure to thrive is defined as decelerated or arrested physical growth (height and weight measurements fall below the third or fifth percentile, or a downward change …

Adult failure to thrive - Medical Dictionary

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failure to thrive (failure to thrive syndrome) physical and developmental retardation in infants and small children. The syndrome can be seen in children with a physical …

Failure to Thrive (FTT) in Children - Pediatrics - Merck …

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Failure to thrive in children is weight consistently below the 3rd to 5th percentile for age and sex, progressive decrease in weight to below the 3rd to 5th percentile, or a decrease in 2 …

Geriatric Failure to Thrive | AAFP

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In elderly patients, failure to thrive describes a state of decline that is multifactorial and may be caused by chronic concurrent diseases and functional …

Failure to Thrive in Older Adults - What …

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Failure to thrive (FTT) happens when an older adult has a loss of appetite, eats and drinks less than usual, loses weight, and is less active than normal. He or she may not be …