Description
Children and infants comprise up to 20% of emergency department visits, and emergency physicians must be knowledgeable in choosing the most appropriate imaging modality to arrive at an accurate diagnosis and provide optimal patient care. Written specifically for the non-specialist and those with limited pediatric training, Pediatric Imaging for the Emergency Provider provides expert guidance in this challenging area. Abundant high-quality imaging examples cover the full range of pediatric disorders you're likely to see, including trauma, musculoskeletal, pulmonary, ENT, cardiac, genitourinary, gastroenterology, neurological, and neonatal patients.- Presents more than 80 common and important rare cases, supported with 450+ images across relevant modalities including ultrasound, radiography, CT, and MRI.- Identifies key radiographic findings for various pediatric conditions including congenital heart lesions, surgical entities, infectious disease processes, and traumatic injuries.- Accompanies images with clear, concise text that makes it easy to grasp the most clinically significant points of each case.- Provides expert guidance on best practices in important areas of pediatric imaging such as sedation, ionizing radiation exposure reduction, and imaging modality selection.
Table of Contents
Introduction1. Imaging Modalities in the Pediatric Patient: How to Choose2. ALARA principles3. Sedation/Anxiolysis for Pediatric ImagingSection 1: Neonatal4. My What a Big Thymus You Have! Neonate/Infant Mediastinal Masses5. A Wheezin' We Will Go: Bronchiolitis/Viral Pathology6. Twisting the Night Away: Malrotation7. Double Bubble…Double Trouble! Duodenal Obstruction8. Breakin' My Heart: Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease9. More Than Constipation: Failure to Pass Meconium10. Rumbly in the Tumbly: Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Necrotizing EnterocolitisSection 2: Cardiac11. Matters of the Heart: Pericarditis12. A Bit of a Mix-up: Right Sided Aortic Arch13. You're Surrounded: Vascular RingsSection 3: Gastroenterology14. Twisting Tubes: Pediatric Gastrostomy Tube/Buttons15. Not Movin': Pediatric Bowel Obstruction16. Screaming Fits: Intussusception17. My Tummy! Appendicitis18. SMA Syndrome: It's Not In to Be Thin19. You Ate What? Swallowed Foreign Bodies20. Right Out of 'The Exorcist': Pyloric StenosisSection 4: Genitourinary21. Twists and Turns: Testicular Torsion22. That Looks Painful: Hydrocele23. Unusually Painful: Ovarian torsion24. All Pain and No Gain: Renal Stones25. Belly Getting Bigger? Wilms Tumor26. TOA (Tubo-ovarian Abscess): Three Letters You Don't Want to HearSection 5: Neurologic27. Don't Lose Your Head: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunt Issues28. More than a Migraine: Intracranial Mass - Medulloblastoma29. Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: DIPG30. Not Actin' Right: Lacunar Infarct and Pediatric Stroke31. Hard to Wake Up: Cerebritis32. Nothing Cute About It: Acute Flaccid Myelitis33. Headache? Pediatric Arteriovenous Malformation34. Can you see it? Orbital Cellulitis35. Something in Your Eye: Periorbital Cellulitis36. Somethin' Growin': Pediatric Arachnoid CystsSection 6: Pulmonary37. Rattlin' in the Chest: Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children38. Is That Pneumonia? Atelectasis39. Will the Cough Ever Stop? Atypical Pneumonia40. Of Course You Have Asthma: Persistent WheezingSection 7: Trauma41. Buckle Up: Abdominal Trauma42. Case: Where's the Air? Pneumothorax43. Can't Pee: Pediatric Bladder Trauma44. Heads Up!: Head Trauma45. Cruisn' For a Bruisin': Pulmonary contusion46. The Heart of the Matter: Cardiac Trauma47. Chest Pains: Pediatric Chest Trauma Imaging48. Check That Neck: Cervical Spine Imaging49. My Achin' Back: Vertebral Compression Fractures50. How'd That Happen? Non-accidental Trauma (NAT)Section 8: Musculoskeletal51. Growing Pains: Salter-Harris Classification of Physeal Injuries52. My Fracture Is Not Humerus: Supracondylar fractures53. Elbow Grease: Lateral and Medial Condyle Fractures of the Humerus54. Rough Trip: Scapula Fracture55. Humeral Shaft Fractures: Nothing Funny About That!56. In Pieces: Clavicle Fractures57. Let's Play: Forearm fractures58. Italian Twins: Monteggia and Galleazzi Fractures59. Bones Out of Place? Wrist fractures60. Snuffbox? Scaphoid fractures61. Punchin' Out: Fifth Metacarpal (Boxer's) Fracture62. Pfunny Pfingers: Phalanx fractures (dislocations, etc)63. Can't Move Your Hips: Pelvic fractures64. All Fun and Games: Femoral fractures65. Knee Pain: It's Not Always the Knee – Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis66. Weak in the Knees: Patellar dislocation67. It's the Way You (Don't) Walk: Fractures of the Tibia and Fibula68. Tough Day: Triplane Fracture69. My Achin' Feet: Talus fracture70. My Achn' Back! Spondylolysis/Spondylolisthesis71. Achy Muscles: Pyomyositis/Myositis72. 'Lil Stuffy Noses: Sinusitis73. Who's Brodie? Brodie's abscess74. I Feel It In My Bones: Osteomyelitis75. More Than an Achy Back: Spinal Epidural Abscess76. It's Tough Being a Kid: Toddler's fracture77. Hurtn' To Stand: Discitis78. My Knee Won't Stop Swelling! Osteosarcoma79. Not THOSE Ewings: Ewing sarcoma80. What Is This? Bone cystSection 9: ENT81. Who Let the Dogs Out? Croup82.
