Pediatric Radiology: Page 88

Esaote signs big Chinese contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Italian medical device firm Esaote of Genoa has won a contract to supply ultrasound scanners to a charity in the People's Republic of China, the company reported.

November 7, 2007

Cone Instruments

By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.

(Booth 1819) Cone Instruments of Solon, OH, will showcase a variety of new items in the supplies and accessories arena for ultrasound, radiology, and nuclear medicine at RSNA 2007.

November 4, 2007

US offers handy visual on tracheal tube in kids slated for intubation

By Shalmali Pal

A 2007 pilot study found that ultrasound could accurately detect the placement of endotracheal tubes during intubation for surgery, but the patients were adults without any airway complications. Anesthesiologists from France raised the stakes by evaluating sonography for tube placement in pediatric patients with difficult airways. They presented their results last week at the American Society for Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting in San Francisco.

October 28, 2007

Anesthesiologists refine pediatric sedation for MRI

By Shalmali Pal

Like many specialties, anesthesiologists are feeling the crunch of the medical manpower shortage. The situation can affect imaging directly when pediatric sedation is required for MRI exams. At the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, anesthesiologists organized a sedation service for staffing the MR suites at their tertiary care pediatric center. They discussed their experience at the 2007 American Society for Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting in San Francisco.

October 24, 2007

MR-enhancing brain lesions need diligent post-therapy follow-up in pediatric patients

By Shalmali Pal

Brain changes seen on MR in children treated for central nervous system tumors do not necessarily predict relapse, according to Italian researchers. Nevertheless, the neurological alterations brought on by chemotherapy and radiotherapy need to be watched closely with imaging and correlated with the patient's clinical and cognitive courses, the group wrote in the November International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.

October 11, 2007

Studies examine digital methods for reducing pediatric x-ray dose

By Brian Casey

It's well-known that infants and children are more susceptible to the negative effects of radiation, but x-ray-based modalities remain a necessary component of the diagnostic process. Can digital x-ray technologies be enlisted to help? A pair of recent studies examines that question by offering up ways to reduce pediatric radiation dose in digital x-ray exams.

October 8, 2007

ACR to oppose future CHAMP-like cuts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology has dodged a bullet with the passage of a the latest version of the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 that had provisions affecting medical imaging stripped out. But Congress could reprise the cuts in other legislation, an eventuality the American College of Radiology (ACR) of Reston, VA, said it would work to prevent.

September 25, 2007

CHAMP won't include Medicare provisions

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Negotiators from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate brokered an agreement September 18 to remove Medicare provisions from the House-approved Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP), according to the American College of Radiology (ACR) of Reston, VA.

September 19, 2007

GE launches pediatric DEXA software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., is launching new software designed to help physicians conduct pediatric dual-energy x-ray absorbtiometry (DEXA).

September 16, 2007

JOCD: Imaging growth plate injury means scrutinizing bone-joint stability

By Sydney Schuster

More than 30 million U.S. children under the age of 18 play organized sports. The more young athletes push themselves in the name of spirited competition, the more strain they place on their immature skeletons, which can lead to a condition known as juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD). AuntMinnie.com talked with musculoskeletal experts on what to look for when assessing JOCD and how to avoid misdiagnosing this increasingly common disease process.

September 3, 2007

PET becomes a godsend for newborns with hyperinsulinism

By Wayne Forrest

When a severe imbalance of insulin levels is confined to a limited section of a baby's pancreas, PET has shown to be extremely accurate in locating the abnormality at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

August 6, 2007

NeuroLogica signs Children's Hospital Boston

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Portable CT developer NeuroLogica has installed its CereTom portable CT scanner at Children's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts.

July 15, 2007

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