Main description:

This book aims to equip readers with a sound understanding of the imaging strategies that are appropriate in children with acute abdominal conditions. The starting points are the clinical conditions, which are outlined in an introduction presented by pediatrician experts in emergency medicine, and the age groups, with differentiation of children and infants from neonates. The various conditions and their frequency are documented in detail, with clear description and illustration of the presentations on different imaging modalities. A large majority of the included images are from recent examinations and have been obtained using the most up-to-date techniques. The therapeutic impact of imaging is also explained, and the coverage is completed with helpful decision trees and tables of differential diagnosis. At the end of each chapter a concise resume underlines the main points. Imaging Acute Abdomen in Children will be of value for pediatric and general radiologists, radiologists in training, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, emergency pediatricians, and others with an interest in the subject.

Contents:

- Introduction

- Emergency medicine from the clinician point of view; the various diseases; definitions of the term acute abdomen, emergency

- Imaging approach in children, the various techniques

- Imaging acute conditions in prematures and neontaes

o Managing antenatal diagnosis with acute neonatal presentation

o Acute abdominal conditions in the prematurely born

Necrotizing enterocolitis

Complications of IV lines

o The newborn and infant

Acute digestive conditions

* Intestinal obstruction

* Hepato-biliary anomalies

o Cholestasis, biliary atresia and its differential diagnosis

* Acute presentations of neonatal tumors and pseudo-masses

Acute urinary tract obstruction

* Posterior Urethral valves

* Prolapsing ureterocele

* Other causes of acute UT obstruction

Oligo-anuria in the neonate

Retroperitoneal tumors

Unusual neonatal conditions

o Children

Acute digestive conditions

* Appendicitis and DDX including colitis, ileitis,

* Hepatobiliary anomalies

* Acute pancreas anomalies

* Acute splenic anomalies

Acute conditions in female patients

Acute UT conditions

Urinary retention

* Hematuria

* UTI

* Uro-lithiasis

Tumors and pseudotumors

Abdominal trauma

Unusual acute conditions in children