[Conventional thorax diagnostics in neonates and children].
Advances in neonatal medicine have led to an increasing number of premature infant patients and to an improved survival rate of these children. Chest X-rays of premature infants, newborns, and older children with respiratory difficulties provide information leading to diagnosis and help decide on further clinical management. Diagnostic findings and their appreciation by the radiologist require knowledge of the specific anatomy of the infant chest, and also of common diseases in early and later childhood, congenital or acquired. Radiologic findings in pediatric patients may differ significantly from those in adults. Close collaboration between the neonatologist and radiologist is essential for reaching the right diagnosis.
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Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Radiologische Klinik, Universitätsklinik, Freiburg. fisch@mrs1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*