Pediatric Radiology: Page 61

Study advises caution in using x-ray for fetuses, infants
By Cynthia E. Keen
Researchers are advising healthcare providers to take extra care in the use of x-ray procedures in pregnant women and very young children, following results of a study published online February 10 in BMJ of more than 7,500 U.K. children who received radiography procedures.
February 10, 2011
Image Gently tackles fluoro radiation dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Image Gently campaign has developed online teaching materials and checklists to help healthcare providers find the lowest radiation dose necessary to perform fluoroscopic procedures on children, according to the American College of Radiology.
February 10, 2011
ACR issues criteria for suspected victims of child abuse
By Cynthia E. Keen
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released an updated set of appropriateness criteria on a troubling topic -- imaging procedures for children suspected of being abused. The guidelines were published in the February Journal of the American College of Radiology.
February 10, 2011
AuntMinnie.com Pediatric Imaging Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
February 7, 2011
QA technique monitors neonatal portable chest radiographs
By Cynthia E. Keen
All hospitals aim to keep radiation dose exposure to a minimum when taking chest radiographs of infants, but this goal can be undermined by invisible "dose creep" of digital x-ray equipment. An article recently published in Pediatric Radiology describes an easy way to monitor exposure levels.
January 26, 2011
Rads do well using smartphones to read CT, MR images
By Erik L. Ridley
Italian radiologists reviewing CT and MR images on smartphones were as accurate as those reading images from PACS workstations, a new study shows. But reading from smartphones produced greater eye strain, indicating that the devices are probably best used for consulting rather than primary interpretation.
January 18, 2011
Clerical staff shoulders load for critical results reporting
By Cynthia E. Keen
How does a radiology department in a large children's hospital with nine offsite imaging locations manage urgent and critical results reporting efficiently? Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital describe how they do it in an article published online this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 11, 2011
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Nashville pediatricians order knee MRIs appropriately for kids
By Cynthia E. Keen
Do pediatricians have the clinical acumen to know when a knee MRI should be ordered for a child with knee pain? With an increasing percentage of knee MRI exams being ordered by pediatricians, radiologists at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN, investigated.
January 6, 2011
Large study shows exams using radiation are common in children
By Eric Barnes
Children undergo many imaging procedures involving radiation, concludes a new study from the University of Michigan and other U.S. centers. The three-year study covering more than 350,000 children with health insurance showed that the subjects received, on average, three scans involving radiation over the study period.
January 3, 2011
Nonrads now cost Medicare more for imaging; study tracks kids' imaging exposure
By Brian Casey
January 3, 2011
PET may help find cause for epileptic brain disease in kids
By Wayne Forrest
With the help of FDG-PET, French researchers have discovered a common brain dysfunction among school-age children afflicted with fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy, according to a study published in the January edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
January 2, 2011
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Neuroimaging predicts pediatric seizures in child abuse
By Cynthia E. Keen
Neuroimaging is an important tool to identify and evaluate traumatic head injury in victims of child abuse. Now, specific findings on CT and MRI can predict which patients have the highest risk for seizures, according to a study published online in Neurocritical Care.
December 28, 2010
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