Practical approach to the child presenting with acute generalised weakness-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Practical approach to the child presenting with acute generalised weakness

Published:2024-02 Issue:2-3 Volume:60 Page:41-46
ISSN:1034-4810
Container-title:Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
language:en
Short-container-title:J Paediatrics Child Health

Author:

Leung Rebecca¹,Yiu Eppie M²³⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neurology and Metabolics Queensland Children's Hospital South Brisbane Queensland Australia

2. Department of Neurology Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Victoria Australia

3. Neuroscience Research Murdoch Children's Research Institute Melbourne Victoria Australia

4. Department of Paediatrics The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia

Abstract

Acute generalised muscle weakness in children is a paediatric emergency with a broad differential diagnosis. A careful history and neurologic examination guides timely investigation and management. We review some of the more common causes of acute generalised muscle weakness in children, highlighting key history and examination findings, along with an approach to lesion localisation to guide differential diagnosis and further investigation.

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpc.16536

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