Excellent interpretation mam . I didn't find such clear explanation for the terminologies anywhere . Please do more videos mam . 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Like clinical approach to thalassemia case Causes for diarrhoea as per different age groups and when to suspect what cause .
May I disagree a bit ma'am. While SAM is a well-defined clinical entity (condition) with specific clinical and anthropometric defining characteristics, distinctive pathogenesis, pathophysiology and clinical course, and a designated protocol of management, FTT is an ill defined umbrella term that describes younger children who fail to keep up with their growth trajectory, primarily in weight rather than height and mainly in early months and years of life. FTT thus encompasses SAM, but also involves other clinical entities that do not fulfill the criteria for SAM (e.g. a child with CKD, RTA, celiac, etc). FTT may include the normal physiological phenomenon of "catch-down" in infants born LGA. It is very true however that SAM can be diagnosed based on a one-off encounter. Every child who has SAM is thus failing to thrive but not every child with FTT has SAM.
Write one diagnosis at a time like if you are sure the underlying etiology has existed for long, you should write FTT; if the etiology is acute, you write SAM
