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Category Archives: Failure to Thrive

Fracture from Child Abuse or Bone Disease?

Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Failure to Thrive, General Medical, Neonaticide/FilicideBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Unexplained Fracture from Child Abuse or Bone Disease? Child abuse and neglect (CAN) is a profoundly serious problem that has implications and consequences affecting the child and his family for the rest of their lives,…

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Considerations in Child Abuse Cases

Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Failure to Thrive, Neonaticide/FilicideBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Is It Abuse? Allegations of child abuse have very serious implications for all parties involved. The importance of a thorough history of the injury, medical history of the child, and a complete medical work-up are…

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Is it Neglect or Failure to Thrive? {Child/Elder Abuse}

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, General Medical, HomicideBy Tara Godoy

Neglect is not a straightforward issue in medicine or law. A review of the records by a forensic medical expert may be beneficial in determining if there are underlying issues that are contributing to the…

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Munchausen’s: Criminal Implications

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Munchausen’s Syndrome is considered a form of medical child abuse in terms of physical abuse and medical neglect.  This type of abuse is considered to be pre-meditated.  Medical providers are considered a mandatory reporting entity,…

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FASD: Legal Implications

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Individuals with FASD have difficulty with assessment, judgment, and reasoning, and often repeat the same mistakes multiple times because of their disabilities. They also do not understand the consequences of their actions. These behavioral impairments…

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What are the effects of FASD?

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

The most serious and most common cause of mental retardation in the U.S. is fetal alcohol syndrome. The effects of FASD depend on the timing and frequency of alcohol consumption during the pregnancy. Some of…

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FASD: Who is at risk?

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, regardless of timing and amount, she is at risk of having a child with a FASD. Alcohol can affect an embryo before a woman knows she is…

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: What is it?

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Prenatal alcohol exposure is the single leading preventable cause of neuro-developmental disorders (Zagorski, 2015). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a blanket term for a number of effects that can occur in an individual who was…

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Mimics for Failure to Thrive

Criminal Law, Failure to ThriveBy Tara Godoy

Mimics for Failure to Thrive include non-organic causes, such as improperly educated parents; and organic causes, such as medical conditions that impede the body’s ability to utilize nutrients.

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Diagnosing Failure to Thrive

Criminal Law, Failure to ThriveBy Tara Godoy

Weight alone is not the sole factor in diagnosing failure to thrive. As the definitions in this blog post indicate, it is “growth parameters” that are recorded, not just the weight. It is the weight…

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Symptoms of Malnourishment

Criminal Law, Failure to ThriveBy Tara Godoy

Symptoms of malnourishment are weight loss, stagnancy in weight gain, growth retardation, seizures, and developmental delays.

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Differentiating Failure to Thrive From Malnourishment

Criminal Law, Failure to ThriveBy Tara Godoy

Defining Malnourishment and Failure to Thrive: Malnourishment is an issue of supply versus demand of nutrients. Failure to thrive is the failure to grow appropriately according to the standard growth patterns of similarly aged children.…

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