WOJDYTLO, Martina (2015) - The changing of the way of feeding from percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy (PEG) to oral intake in child with Costello syndrome. Castelo Branco : IPCB. ESA. Relatório do Trabalho de Fim de Curso de Nutrição Humana e Qualidade Alimentar.
Title
The changing of the way of feeding from percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy (PEG) to oral intake in child with Costello syndrome
Contributor
Figueiredo, Marisa Alexandra de Sousa
Subject
Costello syndrome Genes Proto-oncogenes HRAS PEG
Date
2015-09-21T11:04:10Z 2015-09-21T11:04:10Z 2015
Format
application/pdf
Description
Relatório de Estágio apresentado à Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Licenciado em Nutrição Humana e Qualidade Alimentar. Disponível na Biblioteca da ESACB na cota C30-28514TFCNHQA. Costello syndrome is a rare genetic disorder connected with a mutations in the
HRAS gene. In some children with Costello syndrome there are difficulties with breast
and oral feeding. It is necessary to begin nutritional therapy by using a enteral
nutrition support. The described case is a 13-years old boy diagnosed with Costello
syndrome after birth as a newborn. From the beginning he was feeding by using a
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). In 2011, boy started a therapy focused
on stimulation of facial muscles. After 18 months he began to eat by mouth. The
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was removed in 2014. The observed results of
changing the way of feeding from PEG to oral intake were the increase of height and
weight. Presumably it happened because of the difference in quality and quantity of
food. It can be believed that the intestinal absorption has been improved and that the
more nutrients has been passed to blood and is used to build an organism.
