Journal of Clinical Pediatrics ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 390-398.doi: 10.12372/jcp.2024.24e0163

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Interpretation of Catch-up growth in infants and young children with faltering growth: expert opinion to guide general clinicians

MAO Meng1, SHAO Jie2, CHEN Jinjin3, SHEN Lixiao4   

  1. 1. Department of Child Health Care, West China Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichun, China
    2. Department of Child Health Care, Children’s Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang, China
    3. Shanghai Childern's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai200040, China
    4. Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric & Child Primary Care, MOE-Shanghai Key Laboratory for Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai200092, China
  • Received:2024-03-05 Online:2024-05-15 Published:2024-05-10

Abstract:

Faltering growth is an important clinical signs for early identification of nutritional problems, and early identification and intervention of faltering growth in infants and young children is of great significance for improving their short-term and long-term health outcomes. Previous published guidelines and expert consensus lack a unified definition of faltering growth, which affects clinical identification, evaluation and standardized management. In March 2023, the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition published an article titled 'Catch-up growth in infants and young children with faltering growth: expert opinion to guide general clinicians'. It not only expounds the importance of catch-up growth, but also formulates practical consensus recommendations on how to properly define, evaluate and manage faltering growth, which has practical guiding value for clinicians. Based on the current situation of clinical practice in China, this paper interprets the recommendations in order to provide guidance and reference for clinicians to manage infants and young children with faltering growth in China.

Key words: faltering growth, catch up growth, clinical management, consensus interpretation, infants and young children