TY - JOUR
AR - PDR-2020-2-101
TI - Attention Deficit Disorder in the Neuropediatric Outpatient Clinic. Our Current Experience with Children Over Seven and a Half Years Old
AU - Javier López , Pisón
AU - Itziar , Serrano-Viñuales
AU - Leyre Troyas-Fernández , de Garayalde
AU - Laura , Cuadrado-Piqueras
AU - Ainhoa , Jiménez-Olmos
AU - Silvia , Sánchez-Marco
JO - Psychological Disorders and Research
PY - 2020
DA - Fri 21, Aug 2020
SN - 2674-2470
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.PDR.2020.02.01
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/attention-deficit-disorder-in-the-neuropediatric-outpatient-clinic_PDR-2020-2-101 
KW - Attention deficit, executive dysfunction, neuropediatrics, neurodevelopmental disorders
AB - Introduction: Attention deficit disorder, with or without hyperactivity (ADD/ADHD) can appear either
alone or associated with diverse cerebral conditions, which may be hereditary or acquired. We review our
experience of ADD/ADHD in children over seven and a half years old.
Methods: ADD/ADHD in children born before 1-1-2010, seen at the neuropediatric clinic between 31-12-
15 and 19-6-17, is examined globally, by reasons for consultation and by diagnosis.
Results: 41% of the 2,541 children over 7½ years seen at the clinic had ADD/ADHD: 530 cases of
ADD/ADHD alone and 513 associated with other conditions. In 15.6% of the cases of ADD/ADHD the
reason for consultation was headaches and in 43%, psychomotor delay. ADD/ADHD accompanied 65% of
the cases of Asperger’s syndrome, 40% of intellectual disability and 23% of the cases of autistic spectrum
disorder, 87.5 % of the cases of fragile X syndrome, 48.4% of chromosomopathies, 22% of genopathies,
19% of the cases of cerebral palsy, 50% of Duchenne, 53% of epilepsies, 67% of tics/Tourette, 51% of
neurofibromatosis 1, 29 % of tuberous sclerosis and 74% of eastern European adopted children have
ADD/ADHD.
Discussion: The importance of neurodevelopmental disorders and ADD/ADHD in neuropediatric practice
is revealed.