title: [Pediatric sonography].
abstract: Sonography has become the most important basic imaging method in pediatrics. It mainly differs from sonography in adults in having more unspecific causes for examination, other facets of application, and a wider range of applicability including newborns and infants. Sonography should precede x-ray examination, since its findings must determine the need for and the timing and type of x-ray examinations. The wide range of application justifies a distinction between general and special pediatric sonography. This distinction seems to be particularly relevant with regard to the requirements for optimal technical equipment.
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Pädiatrische Sonographie.