Differentials Floppy Baby Flashcards

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Differentials Floppy Baby

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Systemic illness
Electrolyte: low Phos, Ca2+, Na2+
Metabolic/genetic - PWS, T21, Marfan, Mitochondrial

“Floppy Weak” = Lower Motor Neurone

  • SMA
  • Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
  • Myopathies
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • CMT

“Floppy Strong” = Upper Motor Neurone

  • CNS - tumour/trama
  • Vascular - stroke
  • HIE
  • Spinal cord lesion
  • Structural lissencephaly
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