Failure To Thrive : Complications

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Complications could include:
Permanent mental, emotional, or physical delays can occur.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2007
Whether FTT results from organic or non-organic reasons, children with this condition require aggressive calorie supplementation. Some cases may lead to significant developmental delays in children. The cognitive outcome of children who have had F...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The first year of life is important as a foundation for growth and physical and intellectual development in the future. Children with extreme failure to thrive in the first year may never catch up to their peers even if their physical growth impro...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A developmental delay is any significant lag in a child ' s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, in comparison with norms. Developmental delay refers to when a child ' s development lags behind established normal ranges for his or her age.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Any delay in a child ' s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, due to any number of reasons. Developmental delay refers to any significant retardation in a child ' s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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