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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Michael A
dc.contributor.authorWallace, E Christine
dc.contributor.authorWestra, Sjirk J
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-19T16:43:24Z
dc.date.available2011-12-19T16:43:24Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.identifier.citationChest trauma in children: current imaging guidelines and techniques. 2011, 49 (5):949-68 Radiol. Clin. North Am.en
dc.identifier.issn1557-8275
dc.identifier.pmid21889016
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rcl.2011.06.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/197883
dc.description.abstractGiven the heterogeneous nature of pediatric chest trauma, the optimal imaging approach is tailored to the specific patient. Chest radiography remains the most important imaging modality for initial triage. The decision to perform a chest computed tomography scan should be based on the nature of the trauma, the child's clinical condition, and the initial radiographic findings, taking the age-related pretest probabilities of serious injury into account. The principles of as low as reasonably achievable and Image Gently should be followed. The epidemiology and pathophysiology, imaging techniques, characteristic findings, and evidence-based algorithms for pediatric chest trauma are discussed.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshAlgorithms
dc.subject.meshChild
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschool
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshInfant
dc.subject.meshRadiography, Thoracic
dc.subject.meshThoracic Injuries
dc.subject.meshTomography, X-Ray Computed
dc.subject.meshWounds, Nonpenetrating
dc.titleChest trauma in children: current imaging guidelines and techniques.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Radiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.en
dc.identifier.journalRadiologic clinics of North Americaen
dc.description.provinceMunster
html.description.abstractGiven the heterogeneous nature of pediatric chest trauma, the optimal imaging approach is tailored to the specific patient. Chest radiography remains the most important imaging modality for initial triage. The decision to perform a chest computed tomography scan should be based on the nature of the trauma, the child's clinical condition, and the initial radiographic findings, taking the age-related pretest probabilities of serious injury into account. The principles of as low as reasonably achievable and Image Gently should be followed. The epidemiology and pathophysiology, imaging techniques, characteristic findings, and evidence-based algorithms for pediatric chest trauma are discussed.


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