[tri-med] FYI - Understanding and managing feeding difficulties in disabled children

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http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/cupe/previous.cfm?art=cupe.20
01.0196
Current Paediatrics

Tables of Contents and Abstracts Online

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Understanding and managing feeding difficulties in disabled children

A. Joashi

p 248-252, Volume 11, Number 4, August 2001

Abstract

Knowledge of the development of normal feeding and the process of swallowing
is essential for understanding the feeding problems of disabled children.
The effect of disability on the child and their family should be
appreciated, as well as the direct consequences for feeding. Feeding
problems may be exacerbated by co-existing medical conditions. Early
recognition of feeding problems is important and relies on careful history
taking and a high index of suspicion. Poor growth may be a consequence of
undernutrition, rather than an effect of the child's condition. Management
is usually best accomplished within the setting of a multi-disciplinary
team. Options such as oral supplementation and enteral feeding are used to
improve nutritional status. Early intervention and alleviation of
malnutrition is important, as developmental outcome may be sensitive to
nutritional status. Copyright 2001 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.

Keywords

undernutrition, feeding problems, disability, cerebral palsy



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