HEALTH WATCH TABLE — AUTISM
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1. Head, eyes, ears, nose, throat |
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7. Neurology | ||
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8. Behavioral/mental health | ||
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9. Infectious disease/Immune Deficiency | ||
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10. Etiology | ||
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11. Other | ||
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Original tool: © 2014 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Developed by Malow BA, and Shouse J.
This tool was reviewed by physicians on the Toolkit’s Advisory Committee; for list, view here.
Four published autism spectrum disorder health care guidelines were reviewed and compared.
- Anagnostou E, Zwaigenbaum L, Szatmari P, Fombonne E, Fernandez BA, Woodbury-Smith M, Brian J, Bryson S, Smith IM, Drmic I, Buchanan JA, Roberts W, Scherer SW, Autism spectrum disorder: advances in evidence-based practice. CMAJ 2014 doi:10.1503/cmaj.121756. Epub 2014 Jan 13, www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2014/01/13/cmaj.121756. Accessed July 2021.
- Coury, DL, Medical Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Current Opinion in Neurology 2010 Apr; 23 (2) 131-136. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833722fa. journals.lww.com/co-neurology/Abstract/2010/04000/Medical_treatment_
of_autism_spectrum_disorders.8.aspx. Accessed July 2021. - Maski KP, Jeste S S; Spence SJ, Common neurological co-morbidities in autism spectrum disorders. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 2011 Dec; 23 (6) 609-615. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32834c9282. journals.lww.com/co-pediatrics/Abstract/
2011/12000/Common_neurological_co_morbidities_in_autism.8.aspx.
Accessed July 2021. - Malow BA, Byars K, Johnson K, Weiss S, Bernal P, Goldman SE, Panzer R, Coury DL,Glaze DG, A Practice Pathway for the Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Insomnia in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Pediatrics 2012; 130:S106-S124. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/Supplement_2/S106.full Accessed July 2021.
References:
- Ashwood P, Krakowiak P, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hansen R, Pessah I, Van de Water J, Elevated plasma cytokines in autism spectrum disorders provide evidence of immune dysfunction and are associated with impaired behavioral outcome. Brain Behav Immun. 2011 Jan; 25(1):40-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.08.003. Epub 2010 Aug 10. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20705131. Accessed July 2021.
- Rosenhall U, Nordin V, Sandstrom M, Ahlsen G, Gillberg C., Autism and Hearing Loss. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1999; 29( 5). link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1023022709710#page-1. Accessed July 2021.
- Kern JK, Trivedi MH, Garver CR, Grannemann BD, Andrews AA, Savla JS, Johnson DG, Mehta JA, Schroeder JL, The pattern of sensory processing abnormalities in autism. Autism. 2006 Sep;10(5):480-94. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16940314. Accessed July 2021.
- Ming X, Brimacombe M, Wagner GC, Prevalence of motor impairment in autism spectrum disorders. Brain Dev. 2007 Oct; 29(9):565-70. Epub 2007 Apr 30. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17467940. Accessed July 2021.
- Canitano R, Vivanti G, Tics and Tourette syndrome in autism spectrum disorders. Autism, 2007 Jan; 11(1) 19-28. doi: 10.1177/1362361307070992. aut.sagepub.com/content/11/1/19.short. Accessed July 2021.
- Simmons DR, Robertson AE, McKay LS, Toal E, McAleer P, Pollick FE. Vision in autism spectrum disorders. Vision Res. 2009 Nov;49(22):2705-39. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.08.005. Epub 2009 Aug 12. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19682485. Accessed July 2021.
- Lane AE, Young RL, Baker AEZ, Angley MT, Sensory Processing Subtypes in Autism: Association with Adaptive Behavior. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010 Jan; 40 (1) 112-122. link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-009-0840-2. Accessed July 2021.