Pediatric Radiology: Page 52

Subspecialty second reads improve pediatric patient care
By Kate Madden Yee
In research that may support the case for more subspecialization in radiology, a Wisconsin team found that the rate of disagreement between interpretations of pediatric imaging studies by generalist community radiologists and specialty radiologists at tertiary care pediatric hospitals can be as high as 42%.
September 26, 2012
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Radiation doses OK in 1st Thailand pediatric CT survey
By Eric Barnes
Researchers in Thailand have published the country's first pediatric radiation dose survey based on data from three university hospitals. The group found that CT dose levels generally are reasonable for brain, chest, and abdominal exams.
September 19, 2012
Image Gently expands dose reduction campaign to digital x-ray
By Cynthia E. Keen
The Image Gently radiation dose reduction campaign has launched a new initiative targeting the most common imaging exam of all: radiography. The group's new Back to Basics initiative, launched today, is intended to strengthen radiation protection in children as radiography shifts from analog film to digital x-ray.
September 17, 2012
Ultralow-cost neonatal ultrasound unit developed in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An ultrasound scanner costing less than $65 to manufacture and designed for neonatal examinations has been developed by engineers at Newcastle University in the U.K.
September 13, 2012
NICU staff may be exposed to radiation during pediatric x-rays
By Erik L. Ridley
Adult fingers from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) staff were visualized on nearly half of x-ray images acquired at a Canadian hospital, and, in some cases, nurses might not be aware of their inadvertent radiation exposure, researchers have found.
August 29, 2012
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MMRGlobal recruits pro athletes to promote PHRs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Personal health record (PHR) provider MMRGlobal has entered into an agreement with Ron Brown and several other retired professional football players to promote the importance of having an electronic personal health record.
August 26, 2012
MR enterography OK for kids with Crohn's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Children 9 years of age and older with Crohn's disease can tolerate MR enterography as a replacement for small bowel x-rays or CT enterography, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 22, 2012
fMRI may show problem-drinking risk for kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Functional MRI (fMRI) can show certain patterns of brain activity that help predict which kids are at risk of becoming problem drinkers, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
August 7, 2012
White children get more head CT scans for trauma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The odds of undergoing head CT for minor blunt head trauma were higher for white children than for Hispanic or non-Hispanic blacks, but minority kids might actually be better off due to the disparity, according to a new data analysis in the August Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
August 5, 2012
US underutilized in adolescents with hypertension
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite guidelines recommending their use, echocardiograms and renal ultrasound are still not often used in adolescent patients with hypertension, according to a study published online in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
July 23, 2012
FDA workshop explores pediatric radiation dose
By Cynthia E. Keen
An initiative by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require improvements in medical devices for pediatric imaging was uniformly applauded by attendees at a daylong public workshop held July 16 on the FDA campus in Silver Spring, MD.
July 16, 2012
Chemo-only may work for some kids with Hodgkin's lymphoma
By Cynthia E. Keen
Children diagnosed with "favorable risk" Hodgkin's lymphoma may be able to avoid radiation therapy altogether if they respond completely to low-toxicity chemotherapy, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 25, 2012
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