Title: Failure to thrive in children in the ED<br/>Author: Jenny Guyther<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/314/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Children will often present to the ED with concern for poor feeding or weight loss. Be concerned about failure to thrive when: 2 or more growth percentile lines are crossed or weight or length is less than the 5th percentile for the patients chronological age.</div> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Make sure to ask about feeding technique, type of formula, frequency of feeds and problems with feeding.</div> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Keep a broad differential in the ED in children with weight concerns including non accidental trauma, congenital heart disease, genetic abnormalities, hyperthyroidism, and gastrointestinal abnormalities. GI problems include cow's milk protein intolerance, celiac disease, pyloric stenosis and reflux.</div> <fieldset><legend>References</legend>
<p> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Calleo V, Surujdeo R and Thabet A. Emergency Department Management of Patients with Failure to Thrive. EB Medicine. March 2020.</span></p> </fieldset>