tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71120077255710479252009-02-21T14:10:55.826ZTRIP Evidence Reviews: AutismTRIP Evidence Reviews are occasional reviews carried out by TRIP. These tend to be modified versions of reviews we carry out for clients. For more information contact us via www.tripdatabase.com/ContactUs.htmlJon Brasseynoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112007725571047925.post-22095463761601705312007-05-05T12:51:00.000+01:002007-07-06T07:55:55.512+01:00AutismThis review is a pragmatic attempt to highlight recent research and some background reading on autism. It should not be considered exhaustive, simply a way of reviewing some of the major developments and current thinking in the area.<br /><br /><a href="http://tripevidencereviews.blogspot.com/2007/04/list-of-trip-evidence-reviews.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Click here</span></strong></a> to see all the TRIP Evidence Reviews.<br /><br /><strong>Evidence-Based Reviews</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.library.nhs.uk/rss/newsAndRssArticle.aspx?uri=http://www.library.nhs.uk/resources/?id=148769">MMR not linked to autism: new study</a>. Hitting the Headlines, 2006</li><li><a href="http://ebm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/10/6/184">Perinatal environmental factors and parental psychopathology were associated with risk of autism in Danish children</a>. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2006</li><li><a href="http://ebmh.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/8/3/69">The Screening Tool for Autism in Two Year Olds can identify children at risk of autism</a>. Evidence-Based Mental Health (Requires free registration), 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.otcats.com/topics/CAT%20-%20%20Lise%20Mogensen.pdf">There is preliminary evidence (level 4) that social stories are effective in decreasing challenging behaviours and may improve social interaction skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders</a>. Occupational Therapy CATs, 2005</li><li><a href="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/7/1/25">Review: existing epidemiological evidence does not show an association between mumps, measles, and rubella vaccination and autism</a>. Evidence-Based Nursing (Requires free registration), 2004</li><li><a href="http://www.library.nhs.uk/childhealth/ViewResource.aspx?resID=66125&tabID=289">Bowel virus, autism and MMR</a>. Hitting the Headlines, 2004</li></ul><p><strong>Clinical Guidelines</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4089206">Autism Exemplar, National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services</a>. 2004.</li><li><a href="http://www.cafamily.org.uk/NAPFront.PDF">National Autism Plan for Children (NPAC)</a>, 2003</li><li><a href="http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=2822&nbr=2048&ss=6&xl=999">Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism. Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society</a>. 2000</li><li><a href="http://www.cps.ca/english/statements/PP/pp04-02.pdf">Early intervention for children with autism</a>. Canadian Paediatric Society, 2004</li></ul><p><strong>Systematic Reviews</strong></p><ul><li>Risperidone for autism spectrum disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007 <a href="http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab005040.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">View review</span></a> OR <a href="http://testyourself.blog.tripdatabase.com/2007/05/test-yourself-on-autism-2.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Can you answer this related question for extra CPD?</span></strong></a></li><li><a href="http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003495.html">Intravenous secretin for autism spectrum disorder</a>. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003497.html">Combined vitamin B6-magnesium treatment in autism spectrum disorder</a>. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005</li><li>What is the evidence for the effectiveness of behavioural and skill-based early intervention in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? Health Technology Assessment, 2004 <a href="http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/ShowRecord.asp?View=Full&ID=32004000814"><span style="color:#ff0000;">View review</span></a> OR <a href="http://testyourself.blog.tripdatabase.com/2007/05/you-will-find-below-number-of-real-life.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Can you answer this question for extra CPD?</span></strong></a></li><li><a href="http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/ShowRecord.asp?View=Full&ID=32003001072">The effectiveness of pharmacological therapies for young people and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a critical appraisal of the literature</a>. Health Technology Assessment, 2003</li><li><a href="http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003681.html">Auditory integration training and other sound therapies for autism spectrum disorders</a>. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2003</li></ul><p><strong>Recent articles in core journals</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16844490">Prevalence of disorders of the autism spectrum in a population cohort of children in South Thames: the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP)</a>. Lancet, 2006</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16887860&dopt=Abstract">Auditory integration training and other sound therapies for autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review</a>. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2006</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17200260">Infection in the first 2 years of life and autism spectrum disorders</a>. Pediatrics, 2007</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17146016">Amygdala volume and nonverbal social impairment in adolescent and adult males with autism</a>. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2006</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16953005">Advancing paternal age and autism</a>. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2006</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16816239">Effects of season of birth on autism spectrum disorders: fact or fiction?</a> American Journal of Psychiatry, 2006</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16754843">Autism from 2 to 9 years of age</a>. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2006</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=14519711">Association between thimerosal-containing vaccine and autism</a>. JAMA, 2003</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12865374">Evidence of brain overgrowth in the first year of life in autism</a>. JAMA, 2003</div></li></ul><p align="left"><strong>eTextbooks</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3202.htm">Autistic spectrum disorders</a>. eMedicine </div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic180.htm">Pervasive developmental disorder: autism</a>. eMedicine</div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec19/ch299/ch299c.html">Merck Manual</a></div></li><li><div align="left"><a href="http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-623902717">GP Notebook</a></div></li></ul><p align="left"><strong>Clinical Queries</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=3952">An autistic chil of 6 years keeps being reinfected by threadworms. Good hygiene at all times is impossible due to his autism. How often can mebendazole be safely prescribed? Could a prophylactic dose be given as it is causing him great distress?</a> NLH Q&A Service, 2006</li><li><a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=1943">What is the best method of giving an autistic teenager to take medication - he spits out oral & will not tolerate rectal?</a> NLH Q&A Service, 2006</li><li>What benefit is there in eliminating gluten and casein from the diet of an autistic child? NLH Q&A Service, 2006 <a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=3546"><span style="color:#ff0000;">View answer</span></a> OR <a href="http://testyourself.blog.tripdatabase.com/2007/05/test-yourself-on-autism-1.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Can you answer this question for extra CPD?</span></strong></a></li><li><a href="http://www.druginfozone.nhs.uk/Record%20Viewing/viewRecord.aspx?id=578271">What is the evidence for the use of secretin for autism?</a> UK Medicines Information Q&A, 2007</li><li><a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=4107">Does groupwork benefit young children with autism in developing their play skills, communication and treating sensory difficulties?</a> NLH Q&A Service, 2006</li></ul><p><strong>Patient Information</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleid=41">NHS Direct</a></li><li><a href="http://www.emedicinehealth.com/autism/article_em.htm">eMedicine Consumer Health</a></li><li><a href="http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/html/content/all_about_autism.pdf">Foundation for People with Learning Difficulties</a></li><li><a href="http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Autism_suggestions_for_parents?open">Better Health Channel</a></li><li><a href="http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/autism.html">BUPA</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7112007725571047925-2209546376160170531?l=autism.blog.tripdatabase.com' alt='' /></div>Jon Brasseynoreply@blogger.com0