Orthopaedic Surgery PA Fellowship Program Director, Arrowhead Orthopaedics, Colton, California.
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, California.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018 Oct 17;100(20):e132. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.18.00252.
The prevalence of autism in the United States has been climbing for the last 3 decades, and this comes at a time when the medical community is poorly equipped to address the various needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Because busy orthopaedic surgery practices will invariably encounter more patients with ASD, they may want to develop pragmatic strategies and protocols that will promote a successful health-care interaction with these patients.
美国自闭症的患病率在过去 30 年中一直在攀升，而此时医疗界却缺乏应对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者各种需求的能力。由于繁忙的骨科手术实践中不可避免地会遇到更多的 ASD 患者，因此他们可能需要制定实用的策略和方案，以促进与这些患者的成功医疗互动。
