Has pediatric CT at children's hospitals reached its peak?
OBJECTIVE
CT volumes at our institution have declined since 2005. The purpose of this article is to discuss the existence of any corresponding national trend.


CONCLUSIONS
CT utilization as a percentage of cross-sectional imaging studies has decreased steadily since 2003 in pediatric facilities across North America.
Townsend
Brent A
BA
Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA. brentatownsend@gmail.com
Callahan
Michael J
MJ
Zurakowski
David
D
Taylor
George A
GA
D002648:Child; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*