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AAP Grand Rounds 22:10 (2009)
© 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics

MEDICAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINEES

Potential Utility of Screening Selected Injured Children for ADHD

Source: Maxons RT, Lawson AL, Pop R, et al. Screening for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a select sample of injured and uninjured pediatric patients. J Ped Surg. 2009;44(4):743–748; doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.003[CrossRef][Medline]

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Question: Among 6- to 10-year-old children, is admission to the hospital for unintentional traumatic injuries associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

Question type: Diagnosis

Study design: Case-control study

 

The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of positive screening results for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a select group of injured children to a group of non-injured patients. The study investigators, from the Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin and the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, TX, prospectively identified consecutive (non-random) children, aged 6 to 12 years, admitted to Children’s Medical Center Dallas for either a specific injury related to the child’s behavior (cases) or appendicitis (controls).

Children with injuries were included if their injury resulted from an auto-pedestrian collision, auto-bicycle collision, other bicycle collision, or falling. Injured children were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Sarosh Batlivala, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL