Impact of guideline-recommended dietitian assessments on weight gain in infants with cystic fibrosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cystic fibrosis (CF)-specialized nutrition care strives to meet normal infant growth, but the relationship of dietitian assessments to weight outcomes is unknown. We characterize nutrition management for inadequate weight gain and assess association of dietitian assessments and center-level weight-for-age Z-scores (WAZ).

Methods

We used encounter data from 226 infants across 28 US CF Centers from the Baby Observational Nutritional study between January 2012 through December 2017. We identified dietitian assessments and consensus guideline-recommended responses to inadequate weight gain: calorie increases, pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) increases, or shortened time to next visit. We compared center assessments by funnel plot and summarize median WAZ b

SUBMITTER: Ong T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8844148 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature