Emergency pediatric imaging: current status and update.
Imaging has undergone a major revolution. Many procedures performed 20 years ago are no longer performed and new ones have expanded our ability to diagnose previously hidden conditions and also our knowledge of these conditions. This communication deals both with modern imaging and how it is affecting our evaluation of certain diseases but yet underscores that plain film findings still are important and should not be cast by the wayside in favor of more modern cross sectional imaging.
Swischuk
Leonard E
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Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0365, USA. tsanchez@UTMB.edu
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005121:Extremities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000639:trends*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000639:trends*