The incidence of pediatric venous thromboembolic disease is increasing in hospitalized children. While the mainstay of treatment of pediatric thrombosis is anticoagulation, reports on the use of systemic thrombolysis, endovascular thrombolysis, and mechanical thrombectomy have steadily been increasing in this population. Thrombolysis is indicated in the setting of life- or limb-threatening thro...

PHILIPP HENDRIX, CHRISTOPH J. GRIESSENAUER, JULIEN COHEN-ADAD, SHANMUGANATHAN RAJASEKARAN, KEITH A. CAULEY, MOHAMMADALI M. SHOJA, PARHAM PEZESHK, AND R. SHANE TUBBS Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, ...

As I anxiously waited to perform my first upper-gastrointestinal series during my pediatric rotation, I was taken aside by my attending radiologist and instructed how to limit radiation to the 11-year-old patient. From the proper shielding of the patient to the narrow collimation of just the esophagus, I was surprised at the amount of meticulous detail given to radiation exposure. Most of all, ...

Background The occult neurological disorders are an important cause of constipation in children. This study aimed to evaluate the spinal canal and lumbosacral by ultrasound in pediatric constipation to better identifying neurological causes of constipation. Materials and Methods In this case-control study, 100 children with constipation (age range 1 to 14 years) without previously known chronic...

BACKGROUND Ultrasound diagnosis of pediatric intussusception is feasible with limited operator training. The authors report the test characteristics of bedside ultrasound (BUS) for the diagnosis of pediatric intussusception at a single institution. METHODS Inclusion criteria were: 1) patients of 0-18 years old were seen in the pediatric emergency department (ED) with a clinical presentation s...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We investigate the performance characteristics of bedside emergency department (ED) ultrasonography by nonradiologist physician sonographers in the diagnosis of ileocolic intussusception in children. METHODS This was a prospective, observational study conducted in a pediatric ED of an urban tertiary care children's hospital. Pediatric emergency physicians with no experience in...

in this session, we will discuss 7 cases in pediatric musculoskeletal field. these cases will include different aspects of bone and msk disorders in pediatrics such as bone tumors (benign and malignant), bone involvement in metabolic and hematologic disorders, infectious diseases and soft tissue vascular lesions. during this session, we will ask some volunteered radiology residents to explain t...

conclusions comprehensive protection programs with on-the-job training courses for staff members are strongly recommended, as well as, the provision of radiological shields and gonad shielding protocols in radiology departments to reduce the patient’s radiation dose during radiological examinations. materials and methods a retrospective, observational cross-sectional study on the application of...

This clinical practice parameter has been developed collaboratively by the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), and the Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR). This document is intended to act as a guide for physicians performing and interpreting positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) of cardiac diseases in adults and children. The prim...