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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with growth faltering | Experimental | Patient with growth faltering whose weight still below -2 SD for age and sex on the WHO scores after 12 weeks of nutritional rehabilitation with polymeric formula, underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and who were diagnosed as environmental enteropathy, received nutritional rehabilitation with peptide based formula for 8 weeks and were reassessed. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| polymeric formula | Dietary Supplement | Patients with growth faltering received nutritional rehabilitation with polymeric formula and were reassessed after 12 weeks by anthropometric measurements |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| 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. | 12 weeks of nutritional rehabilitation with polymeric formula. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Determine the increase in weight of children with growth faltering and environmental enteropathy after nutritional rehabilitation with peptide-based formula. | Weight z- score | 8 weeks of nutritional rehabilitation with peptide-based formula. |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Faculty of Medicine-Ain Shams University | Cairo | Abbasia | 1181 | Egypt |
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| ID | Term |
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| D005183 | Failure to Thrive |
| D007410 | Intestinal Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D005767 | Gastrointestinal Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
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Patient with growth faltering whose weight still below -2 SD for age and sex on the WHO scores after 12 weeks of nutritional rehabilitation with polymeric formula, underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and who were diagnosed as environmental enteropathy, received nutritional rehabilitation with peptide based formula and probiotics
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| peptide based formula | Dietary Supplement | patients who were defined as non responders and underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and diagnosed as environmental enteropathy, received nutritional rehabilitation with peptide based formula |
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