[PDF] Top 20 Pediatric Abdominal Trauma: Evaluation by Computed Tomography

... Federle MP, Crass BA, Jeffrey RB, et al: Computed to- mography in blunt abdominal trauma. Federle MP: Computed tomography of blunt abdominal trauma[r] ... See full document

... of Computed tomography has a tremendous impact on the evaluation and management of blunt abdominal trauma because the rapid identification of life threatening injuries and prompt ... See full document

... chest computed tomography, as part of the diagnostic ...as computed tomography providing ⱖ 1 of the following: (1) a diagnosis, (2) a clinically important new finding that had not been ... See full document

... Patients who had other congenital anomalies had an intermediate proportion of abnormal findings on CT scans (20/30), and in 11 of these scans, a previously unsuspected or only partly sus[r] ... See full document

... A total of 190 patients who were referred for emergency CECT abdomen and pelvis as a case of blunt abdominal injury from trauma ward to Department of Radiodiagnosis at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital ... See full document

... Retroperitoneal masses are one of the diagnostic challenges. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is considered as ideal imaging modality in evaluating the retroperitoneal masses. The objective of this ... See full document

... as computed tomography and abdominal sonography have the advantage of delivering critical information at greater levels of comfort for the ... See full document

... blunt abdominal trauma but also to differentiate those with surgically significant from non-surgically significant ...initial evaluation and clinical correlation has been found to be helpful to ... See full document

... dose evaluation and radiation risk of routine CT examinations in Johor, Malaysia reported that effective cancer risks of 0 to 1449 cancer cases per one million procedures and the radiation risks from CT exist due ... See full document

... standard evaluation for VPS mal- function at both PEDs ...an abdominal ultrasound and a CT scan of the abdomen on the same visit; for consistency, we have decided to pres- ent these as separate ... See full document

... blunt abdominal trauma results in decrease in number of unnecessary laparotomies and helps guiding management plan in virtually every patient with high success ...blunt abdominal trauma, it ... See full document

... blunt abdominal injuries, which may be masked by other more obvious external ...the evaluation of abdominal injury due to blunt trauma in haemodynamically- stable patients ...the ... See full document

... on pediatric care and were more likely to have clinical care protocols and 24-hour availability of alternative evaluation methods such as pediatric ultrasound or ... See full document

... preoperative evaluation by USG and CT in managing surgical ...acute abdominal pain may provide many problems in diagnosis and decision making, whether operative intervention is ...blunt trauma ... See full document

... We performed a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of the trauma registry of a single level I pediatric trauma center. Patients under the age of 18 years who underwent FAST during ... See full document

... blunt trauma were enrolled in the study. Severe trauma was defined as motor vehicle accident with a speed more than 50 km/h, falls from a height more than three meters, or any pedestrian acci- dent and ... See full document

... The spleen is the most commonly injured organ following blunt abdominal trauma, which is at least partly attributable to its rich vascularity.’ Clini- cians favor conservative management[r] ... See full document

... for trauma in detecting the hemoperitoneum in blunt abdominal trauma patients and comparing it with Computed Tomographic ...blunt abdominal trauma. Focused assessment with ... See full document

... for pediatric patients that are almost similar to those selected for adult ...pre-set pediatric protocol was used for all pediatrics patients regardless of the ...dedicated pediatric CT scanner and ... See full document

... trauma include glutaric aciduria type 1 (macrocranium, subdural hematoma, sparse intraretinal and preretinal hemorrhages, frontotemporal atrophy) and hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (including risk factors such ... See full document