Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children
Ultrasonography (US) is widely used to evaluate most body parts in pediatric patients because it is simple, noninvasive, easy to use, and applicable in a wide variety of clinical situations. US is the modality of choice for the initial evaluation of acute abdominal pain in pediatric patients because...
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Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
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| description | Ultrasonography (US) is widely used to evaluate most body parts in pediatric patients because it is simple, noninvasive, easy to use, and applicable in a wide variety of clinical situations. US is the modality of choice for the initial evaluation of acute abdominal pain in pediatric patients because of their small body habitus and the presence of less fat tissue in the abdominal wall and peritoneal cavity. The most important factor in performing pediatric emergency US is the graded compression technique and selection of the proper transducer. The careful evaluation of bowel wall thickening combined with ancillary findings such as fluid collection, increased echogenicity of the mesenteric fat tissue, enlarged lymph nodes, hyperemic bowel changes, and abnormal bowel peristalsis can increase the diagnostic capability of US. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8981a9002c5f47ae952acebea920e9be2022-12-21T18:56:48ZengKorean Society of Ultrasound in MedicineUltrasonography2288-59192288-59432017-07-0136320422110.14366/usg.16052163Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of childrenJae-Yeon Hwang0 Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, KoreaUltrasonography (US) is widely used to evaluate most body parts in pediatric patients because it is simple, noninvasive, easy to use, and applicable in a wide variety of clinical situations. US is the modality of choice for the initial evaluation of acute abdominal pain in pediatric patients because of their small body habitus and the presence of less fat tissue in the abdominal wall and peritoneal cavity. The most important factor in performing pediatric emergency US is the graded compression technique and selection of the proper transducer. The careful evaluation of bowel wall thickening combined with ancillary findings such as fluid collection, increased echogenicity of the mesenteric fat tissue, enlarged lymph nodes, hyperemic bowel changes, and abnormal bowel peristalsis can increase the diagnostic capability of US.http://www.e-ultrasonography.org/upload/usg-16052.pdfUltrasonographyPediatricsEmergenciesGastrointestinal diseasesRadiology |
| spellingShingle | Jae-Yeon Hwang Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children Ultrasonography Ultrasonography Pediatrics Emergencies Gastrointestinal diseases Radiology |
| title | Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children |
| title_full | Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children |
| title_fullStr | Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children |
| title_short | Emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children |
| title_sort | emergency ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract of children |
| topic | Ultrasonography Pediatrics Emergencies Gastrointestinal diseases Radiology |
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