Weight and Length Increases in Children after Gastrostomy Placement

Corwin, Daris.; Isaacs, Janet Sugarman; Georgeson, Keithe.; Bartolucci, Alfred A.; Cloud, Harriet H.; Craig, Carol D.

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(96)00239-8

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“…As children with CP are a heterogeneous group with different degrees of BA delay, the charts generated may have a low generalization value for application to other children with CP. Malnutrition, secondary to poor feeding, is often believed to make a significant contribution to growth failure (Patrick et al 1986, Shapiro et al 1986, Rempel et al 1988, Corwin 1996. In this study, body weight of children with CP remained below that of the comparison group even when BA instead of CA was used for children with CP.…”

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confidence: 53%

Bone age and linear skeletal growth of children with cerebral palsy

Kong¹,

Tse

Lee

1999

Develop Med Child Neuro

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The aim of this study was to compare the linear growth of children with cerebral palsy (CP) with that of children without CP. The segmental lengths (humerus, ulna, femur, tibia, and spine), recumbent length, body weight, and bone age of 62 children with CP (age range 2.25 to 14 years, mean 7.13 years) were measured and compared with 68 children without CP (age range 1.50 to 12.67 years, mean 6.73 years). The results show that bone-age delay is common in children with CP (68% with a delay of more than 1 year). The linear growth of children with CP is similar to that of children without CP when bone age is used instead of chronological age. There is a strong correlation between segmental lengths and body height. Hence, this study favours using segmental lengths for estimating height in children with CP and using the comparison group as a reference for this purpose. Nutritional and non-nutritional factors on bone-age delay are discussed.

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Bone age and linear skeletal growth of children with cerebral palsy

Kong¹,

Tse

Lee

1999

Develop Med Child Neuro

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“…3 In contrast, enteric feeding by gastrostomy (G) and gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tubes has been shown to be safe and efficacious in the chronic nutritional support of children and adolescents with a wide range of medical illnesses. [4][5][6][7][8] A recent review of enterostomy tube use in our institution con-firmed that although minor complications are not uncommon, major complications associated with enterostomy tubes are rare. 9 In comparison to GJ tube use, G-tubes are easier to insert, may be replaced by patients/clinicians following tract maturation, may deliver either continuous or bolus feeds, do not require a pump to deliver feeds, and are associated with fewer complications.…”

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Experience with image‐guided gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy tubes in children and adolescents with primary psychiatric illness

Korczak

Connolly

Baron

et al. 2007

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…Gastrostomy tube (G-tube) feeding has become a conventional method of providing nutritional support in some areas of paediatrics, for example, the cystic fibrosis population and the neurologically impaired [10,11]. However, G-tube feeding has not been commonly used or advocated in the pediatric oncology population, primarily because of perceived infectious and tube-related complications that can occur in this high-risk patient population.…”

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confidence: 99%