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Title Imaging non-traumatic abdominal emergencies in pediatric patients / Vittorio Miele, Margherita Trinci, editors
Published Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series 2016 Springer EBA Collection
Contents PART I. NEONATAL ACUTE ABDOMEN -- 1. Intestinal Stenosis and Atresia / Vittorio Miele, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Valeria Saracco, Maria Napoletano, Margherita Trinci, and Luca Brunese -- 2. Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus / Viola Valentini, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Maria Napoletano, Rosanna Mamone, Massimo Zeccolini, and Vittorio Miele -- 3. Meconium Ileus / Margerita Trinci, Antonio Alessandro Pallottino, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Francesca De Narda, Cinzia Orazi, and Vittorio Miele -- 4. Necrotizing Enterocolitis / Margherita Trinci, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Antonio Alessandro Pallottino, Francesco Esposito, Massimo Zeccolini, and Vittorio Miele -- 5. Hirschsprung's Disease / Domenico Barbuti -- 6. Complications of Neonatal Abdominal Devices in Emergency / Riccardo Ferrari, Antonio Alessandro Pallottino, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Maria Napoletano, Margherita Trinci, and Vittorio Miele -- 7. Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Cyst / Lidia Monti, Amato Infante, and Marco Salsano
PART II. PEDIATRIC ACUTE ABDOMEN -- 8. Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (HPS) / Margherita Trinci, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Antonio Alessandro Pallottino, Michele Galluzzo, -- Eugenio Rossi, Massimo Zeccolini, and Vittorio Miele -- 9. Intestinal Intussusception / Michele Galluzzo, Francesco Gaudino, Riccardo Palliola, Eugenio Rossi, Massimo Zeccolini, and Margherita Trinci -- 10. Acute Appendicitis / Grazia Loretta Buquicchio, Gavina Cuneo, Stefano Giannecchini, Caterina Pizzi, Carmelo Rende, and Margherita Trinci -- 11. Meckel's Diverticulum / Maria Elena Latini, Sara Riccioni, Maria Napoletano, Nicola Recchia, and Michele Scialpi
PART III. NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC GU EMERGENCIES -- 12. Neonatal Adrenal Hemorrhage / Margherita Trinci, Caterina Maria Trinci, Michele Galluzzo, Eugenio Rossi, Massimo Zeccolini, and Vittorio Miele -- 13. Hydrometrocolpos: Hematocolpos/Colpo-hematometra / Stefania Ianniello, Maria Gabriella Merola, Marinella Nanni, Cinzia Orazi, Paolo Schingo, and Margherita Trinci -- 14. Ovarian Torsion / Marinella Nanni, Maria Gabriella Merola, Stefania Ianniello, Cinzia Orazi, Paolo Maria Schingo, and Margherita Trinci -- 15. Complications of Urachal Remnants / Maria Elena Latini, Sara Riccioni, Nicola Recchia, Maria Napoletano, and Michele Scialpi -- 16. Nephro-urolithiasis / Francesca Pancrazi, Giulia Angelini, Laura Turturici, Laura Tasciotti, Claudio Defi lippi, and Michele Tonerini -- 17. Acute Pyelonephritis / Alessandra Scionti, Piercarlo Rossi, Pietro Gulino, Alessandro Semeraro, Claudio Defi lippi, and Michele Tonerini -- 18. Hydronephrosis and Pyonephrosis / Silvia Lorenzi, Francesca Fanti, Giacomo Aringhieri, Marco Di Maurizio, Claudio Defi lippi, and Michele Tonerini -- 19. Posterior Urethral Valves / Cinzia Orazi, Antonio Maria Zaccara, Massimiliano Silveri, and Paolo Maria Schingo -- 20. Acute Scrotum / Riccardo Palliola, Antonio Alessandro Pallottino, Michele Galluzzo, Stefania Ianniello, Viola Valentini, and Margherita Trinci
PART IV. CRITICAL ISSUES IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- 21. Abdominal Neoplasm: Clinical Onset in Emergency Setting / Barbara Sessa, Roberto Castellucci, Antonio Solazzo, Eugenio Rossi, Massimo Zeccolini, and Sandro Sironi -- 22. MDCT and MRI Protocols in Pediatric Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies / Michele Scialpi, Maria Elena Latini, Sara Riccioni, Valeria Rondoni, Riccardo Torre, Lucia Mariotti, -- Alfredo D'Andrea, Raffaele Schiavone, and Lucia Manganaro -- 23. The Radioprotection of the Child in Emergency Radiology / Andrea Magistrellli -- 24. Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Non-traumatic Emergencies / Antonio Pinto, Giuseppe Lo Re, Fabio Pinto, and Luigia Romano
Summary "The aim of this book is to offer a reference text for radiologists and student radiologists working within general imaging departments and highlights unique aspects of pediatric radiology practice. In many cases, general radiologists have inadequate contact with pediatric radiology during their course of training. Pediatricians and surgeons, who wish to understand the indications, limitations, and clinical applications of imaging will also gain value from this book."--Foreword, page vii
"This book provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and accurate information on the diagnostic imaging of nontraumatic abdominal emergencies in pediatric patients. All of the most common neonatal and pediatric emergencies are covered, with separate discussion of diseases that occur more commonly in newborns and those typically encountered later in childhood. For each condition, the main signs observed using the various imaging techniques -- X-ray, Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance -- are described and illustrated with the aid of a wealth of images. Attention is drawn to those features of particular relevance to differential diagnosis, and the prognostic value of diagnostic imaging is also explained. The final section addresses topics of special interest, including the acute onset of abdominal neoplasms, the problems associated with radiation protection in the emergency setting, and medicolegal issues and informed content. The book will be of value for all radiologists working in emergency settings in which pediatric patients (newborn and children accessing the emergency department) are regularly examined."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Pediatric radiology.
Abdomen -- Imaging
Abdomen -- Wounds and injuries.
Pediatric gastroenterology -- Diagnosis.
Pediatric emergencies.
Children.
Infants.
Medical emergencies.
Human beings.
Child
Humans
Infant
Emergencies
Gastrointestinal Diseases -- diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Injuries
Abdomen, Acute -- diagnostic imaging
Diagnostic Imaging -- methods
children (people by age group)
infants.
Homo sapiens (species)
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Medical emergencies
Infants
Children
Abdomen -- Imaging
Abdomen -- Wounds and injuries
Pediatric emergencies
Pediatric gastroenterology -- Diagnosis
Pediatric radiology
Form Electronic book
Author Miele, Vittorio, editor
Trinci, Margherita, editor
ISBN 9783319418667
3319418661