Emergent ultrasound evaluation of the pediatric female pelvis.

abstract：:A study was performed to establish the value of a computed radiography (CR) system in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). CR images obtained with various X-ray doses were compared with the images of a standard film-screen system. The image quality of CR taken with about one half radiation exposure, was compa...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Nakano Y,Odagiri K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary placement of percutaneous radiologic button gastrostomy has been successfully performed in adults but research is lacking as to its success in children during cancer treatment. OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and effectiveness of such treatment at a single center. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We conducted ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Richioud B,Louazon T,Beji H,Bertrand A,Roux P,Kalenderian AC,Cuinet M,Pilleul F,Marec-Bérard P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer predisposition syndromes increase the incidence of tumors during childhood and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Imaging is paramount for ensuring early detection of neoplasms, impacting therapeutic interventions and potentially improving outcome. While conventional imaging techniques inv...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Saade-Lemus S,Degnan AJ,Acord MR,Srinivasan AS,Reid JR,Servaes SE,States LJ,Anupindi SA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increased importance of CT radiation dose to health care providers, patients and the general public, there is an increased responsibility to minimize patient dose effectively. Bismuth shields offer a simple strategy to reduce dose to certain anterior radiosensitive organs such as breasts and eyes. However, in...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Samei E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical decision support has been identified by the United States government as a method to decrease inappropriate imaging exams and promote judicious use of imaging resources. The adoption of this method will be incentivized by requiring appropriate use criteria to qualify for Medicare reimbursement starting in Janu...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Chan SS,Francavilla ML,Iyer RS,Rigsby CK,Hernanz-Schulman M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement in successful and sustained quality improvement can be a very rewarding experience. However, it can be very difficult work. Up to 70% of attempted organizational change is not sustained. There are many reasons why quality-improvement projects might not be successful. In this article, the author reviews ite...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Donnelly LF

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that the normal distribution of relative heart volume in the neonatal period is a mixture of two different populations, with different means and variances, has been tested. The definition of the two populations was (i) normally patent ductus and (ii) closed ductus arteriosus. The assumed frequencies of ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Ringertz HG

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergent MRI is now a viable alternative to CT for evaluating appendicitis while avoiding the detrimental effects of ionizing radiation. However, primary employment of MRI in the setting of clinically suspected pediatric appendicitis has remained significantly underutilized. OBJECTIVE:To describe our instit...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Moore MM,Gustas CN,Choudhary AK,Methratta ST,Hulse MA,Geeting G,Eggli KD,Boal DK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early life, patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) can have acute, life-threatening emergencies related to splenic hypofunction (overwhelming bacterial sepsis), as well as anemic crises from acute splenic sequestration because of sudden pooling of blood in the spleen. The landmark penicillin prophylaxis study in 1...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Khatib R,Rabah R,Sarnaik SA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspected appendicitis is the most common indication for emergent abdominal surgery in children. The clinical diagnosis of appendicitis can be challenging, and CT is playing an increasing role in the evaluation of right lower quadrant pain. Occasionally, alternative diagnoses to appendicitis can be suggested on CT. Th...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Maxfield CM,Bayindir P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism in children under 16 years of age is usually due to adrenal hyperplasia. We could find only seven cases in the literature where it was caused by a solitary adrenal adenoma; all but one were female. We describe the case of a 10-year-old Caucasian boy in whom a unilateral adrenal adenoma was demons...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Filiatrault D,Perreault G,Laberge JM,Ducharme JC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four boys with anterior lumbar disc herniations probably secondary to chronic trauma are reported. Anterior disc herniations may appear as separate lesions-as in our patients-or coexist with Scheuermann's disease. Although Scheuermann's disease, discitis and tuberculosis are regarded as the most common causes of inter...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kozlowski K

更新日期：1977-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) are common pediatric brain tumors that pose significant clinical challenges with regard to predicting which tumors are likely to become symptomatic and require treatment. These tumors can arise sporadically or in the context of the inherited cancer predisposition syndrome neurofi...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Jost SC,Ackerman JW,Garbow JR,Manwaring LP,Gutmann DH,McKinstry RC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motion remains a major limitation of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Some centers have required mothers to fast before MRI in an effort to reduce motion; however, there is no current literature that describes the effect of maternal diet on fetal activity. OBJECTIVE:The objective is to define associa...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Yen CJ,Mehollin-Ray AR,Bernardo F,Zhang W,Cassady CI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five premature infants weighing between 600 and 3200 g were studied over a period of 1 year. All of the infants received surfactant therapy for hyaline membrane disease immediately after birth and, thereafter, up to four doses every 6 h. The roentgenographic findings in all patients were documented at birth an...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Swischuk LE,Shetty BP,John SD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate skeletal abnormalities on post-mortem radiographs of fetuses with Down's syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Biometrical and morphological criteria, which are used for US prenatal detection of trisomy 21, were assessed. Limb long bones, biparietal diameter (BPD)/occipito-frontal diameter (OFD) ratio,...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Stempfle N,Huten Y,Fredouille C,Brisse H,Nessmann C

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) offer several techniques to evaluate the hepatic vasculature. These techniques are briefly reviewed with reference to the pediatric population. Examples of MRI and MRA in the evaluation of the hepatic vasculature in pediatric patients are presen...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Teo EL,Strouse PJ,Prince MR

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sakoda complex is a rare but distinct combination of birth defects consisting of a basal cephalocele, agenesis of the corpus callosum, and midline cleft lip/palate. It has been reported in association with ophthalmologic abnormalities, cognitive deficits and severe epilepsy. Here we describe both prenatal and postnata...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Nagaraj UD,Moudgal R,Hopkin RJ,Venkatesan C,Kline-Fath BM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe five boys, all of whom presented with urinary tract infection or acquired urinary incontinence some years after surgery for a high anorectal malformation (ARM). All were found to have a posterior urethral diverticulum thought to represent the remains of the original rectourethral fistula accompanying the h...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Vinnicombe SJ,Good CD,Hall CM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary venous anomalies comprise a wide spectrum of anatomical variations and their clinical presentations may vary from the relatively benign single partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to the critical obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). We briefly review the common ano...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Dyer KT,Hlavacek AM,Meinel FG,De Cecco CN,McQuiston AD,Schoepf UJ,Pietris NP

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion-weighted MRI of the brain is becoming clinically available as a tool to investigate cerebral ischaemia. We report a newborn girl presenting with seizures in whom diffusion-weighted MRI showed a large hyperintensity in the area perfused by the left middle cerebral artery. Short-term neurological follow-up bef...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Lövblad KO,Ruoss K,Guzman R,Schroth G,Fusch C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sternal clefts have been reported sporadically, but there are no reports describing complete investigations of the malformation. We describe a child with isolated inferior sternal cleft diagnosed at 33 weeks of gestation and thoroughly investigated by prenatal US, MRI and CT and preoperative US. Our report highlights ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Pasoglou V,Tebache M,Rausin L,Demarche M,Collignon L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of Kniest dysplasia, a rare form of the type II collagenopathies, with prenatal MRI. Sonography revealed only short limbs in the fetus. Fetal MRI findings included enlarged hyaline cartilaginous structures with abnormally high T2 signal intensity, delayed ossification of the pubic and ischial bones, ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Yazici Z,Kline-Fath BM,Laor T,Tinkle BT

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dual-energy absorptiometry (DXA) is the current reference standard for assessing pediatric osteoporosis; however due to its areal nature, it has limitations. Thus, quantitative ultrasound (QUS), a modality free of ionizing radiation, has been proposed as a potential surrogate for DXA. OBJECTIVE:To semi-quan...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Wang KC,Wang KC,Amirabadi A,Cheung E,Uleryk E,Moineddin R,Doria AS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) is increasingly used in the treatment of thoracic insufficiency, idiopathic and neuromuscular scoliosis and chest wall defects in children. In contrast to spinal fusion surgery, the VEPTR allows for growth while stabilizing the deformity. We illustrate the common ind...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Parnell SE,Effmann EL,Song K,Swanson JO,Bompadre V,Phillips GS

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal blood-flow changes after birth. Objective. To elucidate the factors influencing intestinal blood-flow velocity in preterm infants during the early neonatal period. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We measured blood-flow velocity in the superior mesenteric artery by pulsed Doppler US in 44 uncomplicated infa...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Maruyama K,Koizumi T,Tomomasa T,Morikawa A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous studies, typical radiological findings in the cervical spine of patients with diastrophic dysplasia (DD) have been kyphosis, displacement of the vertebrae, spina bifida occulta (SBO), anterior hypoplasia of vertebrae C3-5, and hyperplasia and dysmorphism of the odontoid process. OBJECTIVES:To ma...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Remes VM,Marttinen EJ,Poussa MS,Helenius IJ,Peltonen JI

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sclerotic bone lesions are often seen on chest CT in adults with tuberous sclerosis complex. OBJECTIVE:To characterize bone lesions at abdominal MRI in children with tuberous sclerosis complex. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This retrospective review included 70 children with tuberous sclerosis complex who had unde...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Boronat S,Barber I,Pargaonkar V,Chang J,Thiele EA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional MRI sequences are often affected in neuropediatric imaging by unavoidable movements. Therefore, children younger than 6 years usually have to be examined under sedation/anesthesia. A new real-time MRI technique with automatic slice advancement allows for motion-robust T2-weighted volume coverage...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Gräfe D,Roth C,Weisser M,Krause M,Frahm J,Voit D,Hirsch FW

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of congenital anomalies of the male urethra is presented. The embryologic basis of each anomaly, when known, is discussed. Clinical and imaging features of each entity are presented. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Levin TL,Han B,Little BP

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00