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Background <p>Poor weight gain in infants under one month old is a common reason for hospitalization.</p> Objectives <p>We aimed to study the etiologies of poor weight gain in hospitalized full-term infants under one month old, as well as the type of population epidemiology and diagnostic tests performed.</p> Methods <p>The design was a retrospective study, with data obtained from four French hospitals, evaluating full-term infants less than one month who were hospitalized for poor weight gain.</p> Results <p>Of the 313 children hospitalized for poor weight gain included in our study, the main etiologies were intake deficiency (72.8%), jaundice (12.1%) and infections (8.3%). Our study population comprised 55.9% male, the mean age at the time of hospitalization was 11.4 days (+/- 5), and 64.5% were exclusively breastfed. We found no predisposing factors for intake deficiency.</p> Conclusion <p>In full-term infants hospitalized for poor weight gain in their first month of life, intake deficiency appears to be the most frequent diagnosis, without other identifiable distinctive factors in our study. Identifying risk factors for intake deficiency and suggesting increased surveillance of at-risk infants could help limit its occurrence, reduce the need for invasive tests carried out and decrease the resulting number of hospitalizations.</p>

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Description of Full-Term Infants Hospitalized for Poor Weight Gain in the First Month of Life

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    2025年12月27日

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  • Clara Van der Meijden,
  • Cécile Bost-Bru,
  • Sophia Cherif-Alami,
  • Chloe Sevrez,
  • Cécile Rybakowski,
  • Laurence Eitenschenck,
  • Cécile Ricard,
  • Corentin Tanné

摘要

Background

Poor weight gain in infants under one month old is a common reason for hospitalization.

Objectives

We aimed to study the etiologies of poor weight gain in hospitalized full-term infants under one month old, as well as the type of population epidemiology and diagnostic tests performed.

Methods

The design was a retrospective study, with data obtained from four French hospitals, evaluating full-term infants less than one month who were hospitalized for poor weight gain.

Results

Of the 313 children hospitalized for poor weight gain included in our study, the main etiologies were intake deficiency (72.8%), jaundice (12.1%) and infections (8.3%). Our study population comprised 55.9% male, the mean age at the time of hospitalization was 11.4 days (+/- 5), and 64.5% were exclusively breastfed. We found no predisposing factors for intake deficiency.

Conclusion

In full-term infants hospitalized for poor weight gain in their first month of life, intake deficiency appears to be the most frequent diagnosis, without other identifiable distinctive factors in our study. Identifying risk factors for intake deficiency and suggesting increased surveillance of at-risk infants could help limit its occurrence, reduce the need for invasive tests carried out and decrease the resulting number of hospitalizations.