The study was conducted on 200 patients with growth faltering on 2 phases. In the first phase the patient received nutritional rehabilitation with polymeric formula for 12 weeks then they were reassessed by anthropometric measurements and those whose weight remained below -2 SD for age and sex on the WHO scores were defined as non responders and entered the second phase. In the second phase Upper Gastrointestinal endoscopy was done and then patients received nutritional rehabilitation with peptide based formula and probiotics then were reassessed after 8 weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Patients with growth faltering received nutritional rehabilitation with polymeric formula and were reassessed after 12 weeks by anthropometric measurements
patients who were defined as non responders and underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and diagnosed as environmental enteropathy, received nutritional rehabilitation with peptide based formula
Faculty of Medicine-Ain Shams University
Cairo, Abbasia, Egypt
Assessment of the prevalence of environmental enteropathy among children with faltering growth.
Assess the number of patients whose weight still below -2SD and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed the criteria of environmental enteropathy.
Time frame: 12 weeks of nutritional rehabilitation with polymeric formula.
Determine the increase in weight of children with growth faltering and environmental enteropathy after nutritional rehabilitation with peptide-based formula.
Weight z- score
Time frame: 8 weeks of nutritional rehabilitation with peptide-based formula.
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