title: Emergency gastrointestinal radiology of the newborn.
abstract: Imaging plays a major role in most neonatal gastrointestinal emergencies. The role may vary from helping to establish a diagnosis, to the evaluation of associated abnormalities, to surgical planning, or to therapy for some conditions like meconium ileus or meconium plug syndrome. Plain radiographs and bowel contrast examinations serve as primary imaging modalities with ultrasound, CT scan, and MR imaging playing roles in more complex cases.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: McAlister
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kronemer
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D004064:Digestive System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography