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Denadai R, Lo LJ. Reducing delayed detection of isolated cleft palate-related deformity: a call for routine intraoral examination of newborns. J Pediatr (Rio J) 2024; 100:350-359. [PMID: 38307119 DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2023.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To provide healthcare professional-friendly practical recommendations for early detection of cleft palate-related deformities in newborns and offer an overview of managing these high-prevalent congenital abnormalities. SOURCE OF DATA PubMed, SciELO, Lilacs, Cochrane, ScienceDirect, and Scopus databases were reviewed for cleft- and diagnosis-related studies. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Unfortunately, the global prevalence of delayed detection of cleft palate-related deformities remains unacceptably high, with over a quarter of cleft palates missed at birth. This delayed identification causes physical and psychological distress for patients and families, including feeding challenges and weight faltering. To improve cleft management, it is essential to adopt routine detailed, in-depth intraoral examination immediately after birth. It is recommended not only to finger-assisted palpate the intraoral structures but also to visually inspect the oral cavity from gingiva to uvula using a wooden tongue depressor and light-assisted examination. With timely diagnosis and referral to specialized care, pediatricians, nurses, speech therapists, and plastic surgeons provide life-changing treatments, including health care maintenance, anticipatory guidance, feeding support, primary surgical reconstruction, and age- and condition-specific protocols. CONCLUSIONS Encouraging neonatologists and pediatricians, who are the first to examine newborns, to actively investigate the intraoral region for cleft palate-related deformities is instrumental in optimizing therapeutic approaches and prioritizing age-phases in treatment. Their crucial role in early detection and referral can lead to transformative outcomes, impacting not only the future of the newborns by facilitating functional integration into society but also yielding positive effects on families and the health system.
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- Rafael Denadai
- Centro Avançado de Cirurgia Plástica Facial, A&D DermePlastique, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Centro Universitário Max Planck (UniMAX), Faculdade de Medicina, Indaiatuba, SP, Brazil; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Craniofacial Research Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Craniofacial Research Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Chang Gung University, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Abdilahi A, Ramin S, Meyer C, Chinnadurai S, Morrell N, Tibesar R, Roby B. The Effect of Palatoplasty on Growth. Laryngoscope 2024. [PMID: 38924106 DOI: 10.1002/lary.31593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of palatoplasty on growth velocity in undernourished and nourished orally fed children with cleft palate. METHODS A retrospective chart review was conducted using a data query with cleft-associated ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes to identify children who underwent cleft palate repair between 2006 and 2022 at a tertiary pediatric hospital. Data gathered included demographics, admission variables, weight gain, and weight percentile as per the WHO growth chart data. Inclusion was limited to patients with complete growth data and without parenteral feeding support. Nutritional status was defined as undernourished (≤3rd percentile) and nourished (>3rd percentile). Between and within-group comparisons were made using nonparametric tests. RESULTS A total of 192 patients met the study criteria. Among undernourished patients, the median pre- and postsurgical weekly weight gain was 0.09 kg and 0.05 kg (p = <0.0001), and the median growth percentiles were 0.67% and 1.1%, respectively (p = 0.03). Among nourished patients, the median pre- and postsurgical weekly weight gain was 0.12 kg and 0.07 kg (p = <0.0001), and the median growth percentiles were 25.4% and 29.5%, respectively (p = <0.0001). The postsurgical reduction in weight gain per week was similar across nutritional status (p = 0.43), however, the nourished group demonstrated a larger increase in median growth percentile (3.3% vs. 0.23%; p = 0.03). CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that palatoplasty does not independently improve growth velocity in children who were able to maintain an oral preoperative diet. In the case of undernourished children, there was no clinically significant improvement in postoperative growth percentiles. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 3 Laryngoscope, 2024.
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- Abdiasis Abdilahi
- University of Minnesota Medical School-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
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- Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A
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- Children's Minnesota Pediatric Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
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- Children's Minnesota Pediatric Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
- Department of Otolaryngology, Bahir Dar University College of Health Sciences, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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- Children's Minnesota Pediatric Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
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- Children's Minnesota Pediatric Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
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- Children's Minnesota Pediatric Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
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Prezelski K, Villarreal Acha D, Ngo TVC, Wilson C, Thrasher V, Trevino K, Van't Slot C, Hallac RR, Seaward JR, Kane AA. A Dedicated Multidisciplinary Growth and Feeding Clinic for Infants with Cleft Lip and/or Palate Demonstrates Need for Intervention. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2024:10556656241258687. [PMID: 38860332 DOI: 10.1177/10556656241258687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE A Growth and Feeding Clinic (GFC) focused on early intervention around feeding routines in patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) was implemented. DESIGN This study assessed the effect of preoperative feeding interventions provided by the GFC. SETTING Tertiary academic center. METHODS This study evaluated patients with CL/P who were cared for by the GFC and a control group of patients with CL/P. Weight-for-age (WFA) Z-score of less than -2.00 was used as a cutoff to classify patients who were underweight during the preoperative period. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The number of underweight patients who were able to reach normal weight by the time of their cleft lip repair was used as the primary outcome measure. RESULTS Within both the GFC and control groups, 25% of patients with CL/P were underweight as determined by WFA Z-score. GFC patients who were underweight received more clinic visits (P < .001) and GFC interventions (P < .001) compared to GFC patients who were normal weight. At the time of cleft lip surgery, 64.1% of GFC underweight patients were normal weight compared to 31.8% of control group underweight patients (P = .0187). CONCLUSION This study showed that multidisciplinary care provided by the GFC was able to target preoperative nutritional interventions to the highest-risk patients, resulting in double the percentage of patients who were of normal weight at the time of their cleft lip repair. These results provide objective proof supporting the assertion that multidisciplinary team care of the infant with cleft leads to measurable improvement in outcomes.
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- Kayla Prezelski
- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Analytical Imaging and Modeling Center, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Analytical Imaging and Modeling Center, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Analytical Imaging and Modeling Center, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Analytical Imaging and Modeling Center, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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McKinney CM, Howard W, Bijlani K, Rahman M, Meehan A, Evans KN, Leavitt D, Sitzman TJ, Amoako-Yirenkyi P, Heike CL. Growth Patterns Between Ages 0 and 36 Months Among US Children With Orofacial Cleft: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Acad Nutr Diet 2024:S2212-2672(24)00251-X. [PMID: 38801990 DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2024.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about how young children with orofacial cleft grow over time. OBJECTIVE To characterize longitudinal growth patterns from ages 0 to 36 months in US children with an orofacial cleft. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING Children with cleft lip, cleft lip and palate, or cleft palate who were younger than age 36 months at a hospital encounter between 2010 and 2019 (N = 1334) were included. The setting was a US tertiary care children's hospital with a cleft center that serves a 5-state region. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Weight-for-age z scores (WAZ) and length-for-age z scores (LAZ). STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED Longitudinal growth patterns were characterized using generalized linear mixed models to estimate mean WAZ and LAZ from age 0 to 36 months. RESULTS Growth in infants with cleft slowed dramatically during the first 3 to 4 months of life, rebounded with catch-up growth until age 12 months for cleft lip and cleft palate and until age 36 months for cleft lip and palate. When comparing populations, children with any type of cleft demonstrated subpar growth compared with World Health Organization standards. Growth deficits were more common in those with cleft lip and palate and cleft palate compared with those with cleft lip. The intraclass coefficient showed that most of the variability in the WAZ (65%) was between individuals, whereas 35% was within an individual. The intraclass coefficient for LAZ showed that most of the variability in the LAZ (74%) was between individuals, whereas 26% was within an individual. The proportion of variance attributable to cleft type and/or comorbidities accounted for <5% of the variance for WAZ and LAZ. WAZ and LAZ were lower in children with comorbidities than those without comorbidities with cleft and World Health Organization standards. CONCLUSIONS Infants with cleft lip and palate, cleft palate, and a cleft with comorbidities have higher rates of poor growth than peers with cleft lip and a cleft with no comorbidities, respectively.
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- Christy M McKinney
- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Rafisa A, Sarilita E, Delage B, Munger RG, Mossey PA. Situational analysis of nutritional status among 1899 children presenting with cleft lip and/or palate in Indonesia. J Glob Health 2023; 13:04127. [PMID: 37856736 PMCID: PMC10586796 DOI: 10.7189/jogh.13.04127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Background Given the increased risk of malnutrition in children with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP), determining their nutritional status is critical for preventing adverse surgical risks. However, no such disaggregated, national-level data are available in Indonesia. We aimed to determine the nutritional status of patients with clefts in Indonesia and to identify problems and solutions for malnutrition cases within the population. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we considered records of individuals who underwent primary surgery for CLP in Smile Train-sponsored facilities in Indonesia between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2021 (n = 18 480). We only included children under the age of five with an evaluation date prior to admission date and excluded subjects with invalid data values. We classified their nutritional status by z-scores according to the World Health Organization Child Growth Standard (2006). Malnutrition cases cover four indicators - stunting, wasting, underweight, and overweight. We compared the prevalence for malnutrition cases in children under the age of five using national health survey data. Results We included 1899 records following data validation. The national prevalence of stunting (24.4%), wasting (12.5%), and overweight cases (12.9%) was high, while underweight cases (6.8%) were comparatively low. Statistical analyses showed significant differences in nutritional status based on length/height-for-age between girls and boys aged 0-5 months (P = 0.008) and 48-60 months (P = 0.001), and based on body mass index-for-age (P = 0.000) between girls and boys aged 0-5 months. Girls in different age groups exhibited a statistically significant difference in nutritional status based on length/height-for-age (P = 0.002) and weight-for-age (P = 0.017). Concurrent stunting and overweight were the most common forms of concurrent malnutrition (8.7%). We found a significant difference in the prevalence of underweight (P = 0.001) and overweight (P = 0.000) cases between children with CLP and those without CLP. Conclusions Our findings highlight the importance of nutritional interventions for children with orofacial clefts in Indonesia, and the importance of age and gender in their design and implementation. Further investigation is necessary to explore the risks of overweight and concurrent malnutrition among this population.
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- Anggun Rafisa
- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, West Java, Indonesia
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- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, West Java, Indonesia
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- Centre for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Division of Oral Health Sciences and WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Health & Craniofacial Anomalies, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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