Abstract
This is a prevalence study of patients with failure to thrive under 5 years who were admitted in maternity and children teaching hospital in Al – Diwaniya from 1 / 7 / 2008 to 1 / 9 / 2008 .The total number of patients under 5 years was 420 patient , 59.40% was male , and 40.95% was female . The patients under 1 years of age were 66.66%, from 1 year to 2 years age was 20.47%. From 2-3y.(7.14%),from3- 4y.(3.78%),from4-5y(1.90%). The prevalence of patients with failure to thrive was 50.71% , the patients with failure to thrive due to organic causes was 48.33% , and inorganic causes ( psychosocial ) was 2.38% . The prevalence of patients with no FTT was 49.28%.
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Article
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Al-Hijia, Nasma Naji and Nasir Al - Obaidi, Jomah
(2026)
"Prevalence of patients with Failure to thrive admitted to Maternity and Children Teaching Hospital in Al- Diwaniyah,"
Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal: Vol. 4:
Iss.
6, Article 19.
DOI: 10.28922/qmj.2008.4.6.143-150
Available at:
https://qmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol4/iss6/19
First Page
143
Last Page
150
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