Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 158-168 , April 2007

Emergency Pediatric Imaging: Current Status and Update

  • Leonard E. Swischuk, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Leonard E. Swischuk, MD, Radiology Department, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0365.

References 

  1. Swischuk LE. Pursuing the odontoid fracture in infants. Emerg Radiol. 2005;3:54–55
  2. Swischuk LE. Emergency pediatric imaging: changes over the years (part I). Emerg Radiol. 2005;11:253–261
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  4. Swischuk LE, Hayden CK. Viral vs. bacterial pulmonary infections in children (is roentgenographic differentiation possible?). Pediatr Radiol. 1986;16:278–284
  5. Wilden SR, Chonmaitree T, Swischuk LE. Roentgenographic features of common pediatric viral respiratory tract infections. Am J Dis Child. 1988;142:43–46
  6. Fornage BD, Schernberg FL. Sonographic diagnosis of foreign bodies of the distal extremities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1986;147:567-560
  7. Gooding GAW, Hardiman T, Sumers M, Sres R, Graf P, Grunfield C. Sonography of the hand and foot in foreign body detection. J Ultrasound Med. 1987;6:441–447
  8. Strouse PJ, Bates DG, Bloom DA. Non-contrast thin-section helical CT of urinary tract calculi in children. Pediatr Radiol. 2002;32:326–332
  9. Hendrick EP, Aldridge M, Swischuk LE. Acute testicular problems—simplified ultrasound approach. Emerg Radiol. 2000;7:326–330
  10. John SD. The use of advanced imaging for appendicitis in children. Emerg Radiol. 2001;7:331–338
  11. Garcia BM, Mandl KD, Kraus SJ. Ultrasonography and limited computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of appendicitis in children. JAMA. 1999;282:1041–1046
  12. Fuhi Y, Hata J, Futagami K. Ultrasonography improves diagnostic accuracy of acute appendicitis and provides cost savings to hospitals in Japan. J Ultrasound Med. 2000;19:409–414
  13. Dilley A, Wesson D, Munden M. the impact of ultrasound examinations on the management of children with suspected appendicitis: a 3-year analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2001;36:303–308
  14. Swischuk LE. Ultrasonography, the ultimate physical exam of the acute abdomen in pediatrics. Emerg Radiol. 2000;7:324–325
  15. Swischuk LE, John SD. Mesenteric adenitis-acute ileitis: a constellation of findings definable with ultrasound. Emerg Radiol. 1998;5:210–218
  16. Sivit CJ, Applegate KE, Stallion A. Imaging evaluation of suspected appendicitis in a pediatric population: effectiveness of sonography versus CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000;175:977–980
  17. Hernandez JA, Swischuk LE, Angel CA, Chung D, Chandler R, Lee S. Imaging of acute appendicitis: US as the primary imaging modality. Pediatr Radiol. 2005;36:392–395
  18. Grayson DE, Wettlauffer JR, Dalrymple NC. Appendiceal CT in pediatric patients: relationship of visualization to amount of peritoneal fat. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001;176:497–500
  19. Swischuk LE, Hernandez JA, Sullivan R, et al: Appendicitis in viral mesenteric adenitis-enteritis (in preparation)

PII: S0887-2171(07)00018-2

doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.01.010

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 158-168 , April 2007

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