Main description:

This practical book is ideal for readers who want to rapidly determine the appropriate imaging for pediatric patients. The text provides a concise and accessible summary of the literature on how and when to use imaging studies. Chapters address the essentials, such as cost-effectiveness, and are written in collaboration by renowned specialists in the fields of pediatrics and pediatric radiology. Topics cover common clinical scenarios in neuroimaging and musculoskeletal, chest, and abdominal imaging. Each imaging recommendation is presented along with the supporting data and the strength of the evidence.

Contents:

Part I: Imaging Children: Principles, Methodology, and Risks.- Principles of Evidence-Based Imaging.- Evidence Synthesis in Pediatric Radiology: Demonstrating Value.- Imaging Associated Risks: Radiation, Sedation and Children Specific Safety Concerns.- Quality Improvement in Pediatric Radiology.- Pediatric imaging in Low-Resource Settings.- Part II Prenatal Imaging.- Fetal Anomalies.- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Lung Lesions.- Ventriculomegaly.- Part III Neurological Imaging.- Headache.- Seizures.- Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.- Neonatal brain hemorrhage.- Brain Neoplasm.- Head and Neck Infections.- Imaging of Spinal Dysraphism.- Part IV Musculoskeletal Imaging.- Scoliosis.- Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease.- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis.- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip.- Knee and Shoulder Sports Injuries.- Complex fractures: Hip, Elbow and Ankle.- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.- Hematogenous Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis.- Part V Cardiothoracic Imaging.- Asthma.- Pediatric airway.- Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Congenital Disease of the Aortic Arch: Coarctation and Arch Anomalies.- Chronic Lung Disease of prematurity.- Chest Infections.- Part VI Abdominal Imaging.- Intussusception in Children: Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment.- Imaging of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children.- Imaging of Clinically Suspected Malrotation in Children.- Imaging of Appendicitis in Pediatric Patients.- Imaging of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (IHPS).- Imaging of Nephrolithiasis and Urinary Tract Calculi in Children.- Urinary Tract Infection in Infants and Children.- Imaging of Female Children and Adolescents with abdominopelvic pain Caused by Gynecological Pathologies.- Imaging of Boys with an Acute Scrotum: Differentiation of Testicular Torsion From Other Cause.- UTD.- Part IV Pediatric Oncology and Multisystemic Disease.- Pediatric Bone Tumors: Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma.- Mediastinal Masses.- Pediatric Abdominal Tumors: Neuroblastoma.- Liver masses.- Cancer pre-disposition syndromes.- Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke.- Cystic Fibrosis.- Part VI Trauma and Emergency.- Foreign Bodies.- Traumatic Brain Injury in Children.- Abusive Head Trauma.- Non-CNS Abusive Trauma.- Spine Trauma.- Blunt Trauma to the Pediatric Torso.- Part VII Interventional Radiology.- Imaged-guided Management of Pleural Effusions.- Imaged-guided Management of Abdominal Abscesses.- Vascular Access in Children.- Imaging guided biopsies.- Management of Vascular Anomalies.