Daily Nursing Dose

Nursing Dose of the day: Pediatrics

by Elevate Nursing

 Perinatal brachial plexus palsy (PBPP) also obstetric brachial plexus palsy, is flaccid paresis of the arm that occurs at birth with a range of motion that is more passive than active.

‘Erb palsy’ falls under one of the categories of  PBPP. The classifications are upper, middle, lower or complete.

Reference;

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2435328/

 

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