Evidence-based imaging in pediatrics: optimizing imaging in pediatric patient care

This practical book is ideal for readers who want to rapidly determine the appropriate imaging for pediatric patients with particular diseases and clinicalsymptoms and signs. Edited by Drs. L. Santiago Medina, C. Craig Blackmore, and Kimberly Applegate, 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 internationally renowned specialists in the fields of pediatrics and pediatric radiology. Topics cover common clinical scenarios in neuroimaging and musculoskeletal, chest, and abdominal imaging. Each particular imaging recommendation is presented along with an in-depth summary of the supporting data and the strengthof the evidence. Helpful illustrations, reference tables, and imaging flowcharts highlight the performance of the various tests and their optimal use. The fundamentals are discussed as well, including principles of evidence-based imaging and benefits and risks of radiation dose. An accompanying DVD completes the book and offers a handy format for searching the text. By providing evidence-based guidance, this book is a welcome resource for pediatricians, primary care providers, pediatric radiologists, and radiologists who want to improve clinical decision-making for imaging in children. INDICE: Principles of Evidence-Based Imaging.- Critically Assessing the Literature: Understanding Error and Bias.- Radiation Risk from Medical Imaging in Children.- Imaging in the Evaluation of Children with Suspected Craniosynostosis.- Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke: An Evidence-Based Approach.- Imaging ofHypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Full Term Neonate.- Evidence-Based Neuroimaging for Traumatic Brain Injury in Children.- Imaging of Brain Neoplasm.-Children with Headache: Evidence-Based Role of Neuroimaging.- Pediatric Neuroimaging of Seizures.- Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Sinusitis in Children.- Imaging of Nonaccidental Head Injury.- Evidence-Based Imaging inNon-CNS Non-Accidental Injury.- Imaging of Spine Disorders in Children: Dysraphism and Scoliosis.- Imaging of the Spine for Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Etiologies.- Imaging for Early Assessment of Peripheral Joints in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.- Imaging of Hematogenous Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis InChildren.- Imaging of Pediatric Bone Tumors: Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma.-Imaging of Knee and Shoulder Injuries.- An Evidence Based Approach to Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip.- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: An Evidence-Based Approach.- Imaging of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease in Children.- Fractures of the Ankle: An Evidence-Based Approach.- Evidence-Based Approach to Imaging of Congenital Heart Disease.- Congenital Disease of the Aortic Arch: Coarctation and Arch Anomalies.- Imaging Evaluation of Mediastinal Masses in Infants and Children.- Imaging of Chest Infections in Children.- Imaging of Asthma in Children.- Imaging of Clinically Suspected Malrotation in Children.- Imaging of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (IHPS).- Intussusception in Children: Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment.- Imaging of Appendicitis in Pediatric Patients.- Imaging of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children.- Pediatric Abdominal Tumors: Neuroblastoma.- Pediatric Abdominal Tumors: Wilms Tumor.- Imaging of Blunt Trauma to the Pediatric Torso.- 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 Causes.- Imaging of Fetal Anomalies

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-0921-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 560
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés