Pediatric Radiology: Page 101

Melatonin puts kids to sleep, makes MRI a dream
By Edward Susman
Doctors faced with performing MR studies on squirming children have found fair success in dosing the children with melatonin to induce sleep. Researchers at Birmingham Children's Hospital, U.K., gave 50 "uncooperative" children a 10-mg dose of melatonin prior to imaging.
December 9, 2001
Chicago Children's Hospital lowers pediatric chest CT dose
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Ever since February, when Dr. David Brenner and colleagues published their now-famous study on the risk of CT-induced cancer in children, concerned radiologists have been searching for safer ways to scan kids. At the RSNA meeting, radiologists at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago showed significant progress towared that goal.
November 28, 2001
Pollution creates abnormalities in children's lungs
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Living in the polluted atmosphere of Mexico City -- the home to 6 million children -- appears to be associated with lung abnormalities not seen in children living in relatively unpolluted coastal Mexican towns.
November 28, 2001
Significant difference in radiation dose found between single- and multislice CT
By Leslie Farnsworth
CHICAGO - A range of scan parameters for multislice CT can result in a large variation in radiation doses, according to a study presented Sunday at the annual RSNA meeting. In particular, technical parameters such as penumbra, may require more aggressive modifications of multislice scanning parameters in order to maintain radiation doses in the range of those currently found with single slice helical scanners.
November 24, 2001
Measurement of the transverse cerebellar diameter in pre-term neonates
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Researchers from the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, investigated measurement of the transverse cerebellar diameter (TCD) in preterm neonates, and its use in assessment of gestational age (GA).
November 5, 2001
Ultrasound features of spermatic cord hydrocele in children
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) An evaluation of the ultrasound features of spermatic cord hydrocele (SCH) in children was described in a study recently published in The British Journal of Radiology.
November 5, 2001
Harmonic Scalpel reduces pain in tonsillectomy
By Edward Susman
The Harmonic Scalpel, an ultrasonic dissector coagulator, caused less pain than electrocautery among children undergoing tonsillectomy, according to researchers at the 2001 American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery meeting.
September 23, 2001
MR accident results in child’s death
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A child undergoing an MRI exam at a hospital in Valhalla, NY, died Sunday after receiving a fatal head wound while inside the machine.
July 30, 2001
The relevance of placental location at 20–23 gestational weeks for prediction of placenta previa at delivery: evaluation of 8,650 cases
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) According to obstetricians from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, placenta previa can be predicted by assessing placental position with ultrasound at 20–23 weeks gestation when the anatomy is surveyed. The findings were presented in the June issue of the Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
July 26, 2001
Acuson lands joint sale with VMI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Acuson of Mountain View, CA, and VMI Medical have jointly installed a KinetDx PACS network and an EchoVACS system at Children's Heart Center at Strong, University of Rochester Medical Center in New York.
July 24, 2001
Urachal remnants in asymptomatic children: gray-scale and color Doppler sonographic findings
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Turkish radiologists from Ege University School of Medicine studied many children to investigate how often urachal remnants (UR) were demonstrated on high frequency ultrasound imaging. Their results were published in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound.
July 5, 2001
Pitfalls in the sonographic diagnosis of juxtadiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestrations
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review)Can ultrasound alone be used for identification of juxtadiaphragmatic lesions with sufficient diagnostic accuracy?
June 10, 2001
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