1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-12-71 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-9-10 Attention Deficit and Learning Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on ADHD Symptoms http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 09 1998 01 04 2016 12 9 71 71 Copyright: © 1998 The Author(s) 1998 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Attention-deficit hyperactivity symptomatology after traumatic brain injury: a prospective study

The course of attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADH) symptomatology in 50 children and adolescents after traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 6 to 14 years of age was studied prospectively at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

 Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Traumatic Brain Injury Symptomatology

The course of attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADH) symptomatology in 50 children and adolescents after traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 6 to 14 years of age was studied prospectively at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Changes in the ADH symptomatology and early onset of hyperactivity in the first 2 years after TBI were significantly related to the severity of the injury and degree of brain damage, and to a measure of family dysfunction, but a correlation with MRI findings was not documented. [1]

COMMENT. This study confirms previous reports of the relation between head injury and brain damage and the ADHD syndrome. It also demonstrates a positive “dose-response“ relationship between severity of injury and change in ADH symptoms. It is unfortunate that the MRI findings in this series of patients could not document a neuroanatomical correlate of the post-TBI change in ADH symptoms. The literature regarding head injury and ADHD is reviewed in [2].

Max JE Arndt S Castillo CS Bokura H Robin DA Lindgren SD Attention-deficit hyperactivity symptomatology after traumatic brain injury: a prospective study J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998 Aug 37 8 841 7 10.1097/00004583-199808000-00014 9695446 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Learning Disorders 1998 14 21