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The prevalence of autism in Australia. Can it be established from existing data?Katrina Williams
Sydney Children s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 44:504-10. 2008..To assess whether existing data collection mechanisms can provide accurate and sufficient information about the prevalence of autism in Australia...
Perinatal and maternal risk factors for autism spectrum disorders in New South Wales, AustraliaK Williams
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
Child Care Health Dev 34:249-56. 2008..This study was commenced in 1999 with the aim of examining risk factors for autism using established population-based data for comparison...
Diagnostic labelling of autism spectrum disorders in NSWKatrina Williams
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Children s Hosptial at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 44:108-13. 2008....
Incidence of autism spectrum disorders in children in two Australian statesKatrina Williams
Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 182:108-11. 2005..To ascertain the incidence of autism spectrum disorders in Australian children...
Human rights and child healthShanti Raman
SSWAHS Community Paediatrics, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 43:581-6. 2007..A human rights approach and the use of the CRC provide an additional framework to do this...
The presentation of aggressive children and adolescents to emergency departments in Western SydneyS Woolfenden
Centre for the Prevention of Psychological Problems in Children, Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 39:651-3. 2003..To examine the utilization characteristics of children and adolescents with aggression presenting to emergency departments (ED) in Western Sydney...
Can questions about social interaction correctly identify preschool aged children with autism?Katrina Williams
Department of Community Child Health, Sydney Children s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 49:E167-74. 2013..We developed a questionnaire to assess social development (SIQ) in preschool children. Social development is often not included in medical assessment, though it may assist in early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
Performance of the Australian Developmental Screening Test in a clinical settingJoanne Morris
Department of Community Child Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 48:1004-9. 2012..The study aims to assess the sensitivity and specificity of the Australian Developmental Screening Test (ADST) in a clinical setting in detecting developmental concerns that warrant further assessment or treatment...
A systematic review of two outcomes in autism spectrum disorder - epilepsy and mortalitySue Woolfenden
University of New South Wales, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Dev Med Child Neurol 54:306-12. 2012..The aim of this systematic review is to provide comprehensive evidence for clinicians, carers, and people with ASD regarding these outcomes...
Auditory integration training and other sound therapies for autism spectrum disorders (ASD)Yashwant Sinha
Centre for Kidney Research, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, 2145
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD003681. 2011..Other sound therapies bearing similarities to auditory integration therapy include the Tomatis Method and Samonas Sound Therapy...
Children and adolescents with acute alcohol intoxication/self-poisoning presenting to the emergency departmentSue Woolfenden
Centre for the Prevention of Psychological Problems in Children Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:345-8. 2002..To describe the presentations, characteristics, and follow-up care of children and adolescents aged 10 to 18 years who present to emergency departments (EDs) with acute alcohol intoxication/self-poisoning...
A quality audit of the service delivered by the NSW Neonatal and Paediatric Transport ServiceKathryn A Browning Carmo
NETS Moving Intensive Care for Kids, Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 44:253-72. 2008..To discover areas of NSW Neonatal and Paediatric Transport Service's (NETS) work with which the parents, referring and receiving doctors are dissatisfied and respond to them...
Impact on couple relationships of predictive testing for Huntington disease: a longitudinal studyFiona Richards
Department of Clinical Genetics, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, LB 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, Sydney, Australia
Am J Med Genet A 126:161-9. 2004..Offering couples pre-result relationship assessment and referral for couple therapy, if warranted, may enhance the quality of professional support during the predictive testing process...
Introducing clinical paediatrics to medical students: a novel hospital visitation programme involving Kindergarten childrenMimi Pham
School of Women and Children s Health, University of New South Wales, and Sydney Children s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Med Teach 32:e276-81. 2010..At the University of New South Wales, Sydney, we developed a programme involving well Kindergarten children visiting Sydney Children's Hospital to introduce medical students to clinical paediatric medicine...
Using an evidence-based approach to a paediatric problemK Williams
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 39:139-44. 2003
Auditory integration training and other sound therapies for autism spectrum disorders: a systematic reviewY Sinha
Child Development Unit, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Dis Child 91:1018-22. 2006..To determine the effectiveness of auditory integration training (AIT) or other methods of sound therapy in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)...
Validity of the social communication questionnaire in assessing risk of autism in preschool children with developmental problemsC W Allen
The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001 Westmead, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
J Autism Dev Disord 37:1272-8. 2007..Low-specificity means the SCQ is not suitable as a diagnostic tool but will assist clinicians and tertiary services in selecting children with developmental problems who require autism-specific assessment...
Children in reviews: methodological issues in child-relevant evidence synthesesKristie Cramer
Alberta Research Centre for Child Health Evidence, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
BMC Pediatr 5:38. 2005....
Chelation therapy and autismYashwant Sinha
BMJ 333:756. 2006
