Classification of McBride and Danner for Sucking Disorders in Neurologically Impaired Infants

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McBride and Danner listed disorders which may affect the ability of an infant to suck effectively. The authors are from the University of Rochester and Case Western Reserve University.

Sucking problems that may occur in neurologically impaired infants:

(1) impaired sucking reflex

(2) hypotonia of the sucking muscles

(3) decreased coordination while sucking

Diagnosis	Impaired Sucking Reflex	Muscle Hypotonia	Poor Coordination
prematurity	x
delayed maturity	x
trisomy 18	x
trisomy 21	x	x
Prader-Willi syndrome	x	x
congenital infection	x
vascular accident in utero	x		x
asphyxia at birth	x		x
meningitis	x
hypoglycemia	x		x
kernicterus	x		x
trauma	x
drug given to mother or infant	x
drug withdrawal	x		x
congenital heart disease	x
sepsis	x
hypothyroidism	x
pseudobulbar palsy		x
bulbar atresia		x
Moebius syndrome		x
Arnold Chiari malformation		x	x
motor neuron disease		x
neonatal, congenital or familial myasthenia		x
neonatal botulism		x
myotonic dystrophy		x
myopathy		x
oral buccal apraxia			x
bilateral cerebral hemorrhages			x
Leigh's syndrome			x
dysautonomia			x
Cornelia de Lange syndrome			x

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ICD-10