Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children presenting with foreign body ingestion

 ADHD in the News 2019-01-24


Researchers compared the study group consisting of 3- to 17-year-old pediatric patients admitted to the Emergency Department after foreign body ingestion, and the control group formed with children having similar demographic and cultural characteristics that presented to the same department for non-traumatic causes, to assess the incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms.