title: Ultrasonography (US) in the assessment of pediatric non traumatic gastrointestinal emergencies.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Non traumatic gastrointestinal emergencies in the children and neonatal patient is a dilemma for the radiologist in the emergencies room and they presenting characteristics ultrasound features on the longitudinal and axial axis. The most frequent emergencies are : appendicitis, intussusceptions, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, volvulus due to intestinal malrotation. The aim of this article is to familiarize the reader with the US features.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of 200 ultrasound examinations performed in neonatal and children patients with fever, abdominal pain, leukocytosis, vomiting and diarrhea were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 200 exame 50 cases of intussusceptions, 100 cases of appendicitis, 20 cases associated with abscess;10 gangrenous appendicitis with absence a color Doppler , and 10 cases of perforated appendicitis at tomography computer integration and 10 cases of volvulus was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasonography (US) is therefore rapidly becoming an important imaging modality for the evaluation of acute abdominal pain, particularly in pediatric patients, where satisfactory examination is often not achievable for the attending clinicians. US provides excellent anatomic detail on the longitudinally and axial axis .
authors.affiliation: Second University of Naples, Department of Clinical and Experimental Internistic F, Magrassi, Naples, Italy. reginelli@tin.it.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fonio
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coppolino
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Alfredo
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authors.lastname: D'Andrea
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authors.lastname: Reginelli
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authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Eugenio Annibale
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Genovese
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