Background: Failure to thrive and malnutrition continues to be a common diagnosis in pediatrics contributing to a significant number of hospital admissions (1-5). There is no national practice guideline or consensus recommendation for diagnosis and treatment for patients hospitalized with failure to thrive, contributing to significant clinical practice variation. Unnecessary variability in practice has been [...]

Background: Failure to thrive and malnutrition continues to be a common diagnosis in pediatrics contributing to a significant number of hospital admissions (1-5). There is no national practice guideline or consensus recommendation for diagnosis and treatment for patients hospitalized with failure to thrive, contributing to significant clinical practice variation. Unnecessary variability in practice has been [...]