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Update on the investigation of children with delayed development
Author(s) -
Silove Natalie,
Collins Felicity,
Ellaway Carolyn
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.12176
Subject(s) - medicine , dilemma , global developmental delay , cognition , motor skill , developmental psychology , language development , clinical practice , pediatrics , family medicine , psychiatry , psychology , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , epistemology , gene , phenotype
Children develop in the domains of cognition, speech and language, motor, personal skills, social skills and activities of daily living in a predictable and organised manner. Between 3000 and 9000 A ustralian children born in any one year may be diagnosed with global developmental delay. Paediatricians are often faced with the dilemma of ‘who’ and ‘how’ to investigate, as the yield is often considered to be low. ‘Best practice’ guidelines on the investigation of global developmental delay have been published, but the evidence available for the specific recommendations varies significantly and is based mostly on levels III and IV evidence (non‐experimental descriptive studies and expert opinions). This paper discusses the current views and suggests a possible algorithm for clinical practice in A ustralia.