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-13-06-b 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-1-9 Head Trauma Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Head Injury in Attention Deficit Disorder Patients 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 01 1999 01 05 2016 13 1 6 6 Copyright: © 1999 The Author(s) 1999 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. Injuries to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Characteristics of injuries in 240 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were reviewed retrospectively, using charts submitted to the National Pediatric Trauma Registry, 1988-96, by investigators from Tufts and Harvard Universities, Boston; Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago; and Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Head Injury Driving-Related Risks

Characteristics of injuries in 240 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were reviewed retrospectively, using charts submitted to the National Pediatric Trauma Registry, 1988-96, by investigators from Tufts and Harvard Universities, Boston; Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago; and Johns Hopkins, Baltimore. Compared to controls without ADHD, trauma patients with ADHD sustained head injury more frequently (53% vs 41%), they were admitted to intensive care more frequently (37% vs 24%), and the injury led to disability in 53% vs 48%. They were more likely to be boys (88% vs 66%), and to be injured as pedestrians (27% vs 18%) or bicyclists (17% vs 13%). [1]

COMMENT. Parents of children with ADHD should be counselled about increased risks of injury and use of bicycle helmets. Previous reports have stressed the driving-related risks of ADHD adolescents and young adults and have emphasized the need to prolong stimulant therapy, especially in patients with comorbid oppositional behavior. ADHD patients who continue therapy have no more traffic related accidents than controls, (see Progress in Pediatric Neurology II, PNB Publ, 1994;pp209-210).

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