5-Minute Clinical Consult : Floppy Infant Syndrome

Floppy Infant Syndrome

Description

“Floppy infant” implies generalized hypotonia presenting at birth or early in life with decreased movement, decreased resistance to movement, or increased joint laxity.
Transient hypotonia occurs in non-neurologic illnesses in infants and is a nonspecific sign that may suggest CNS, lower motor neuron, peripheral nervous system (PNS), primary muscle, endocrine, or metabolic disease.

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