Ultrasound is an ideal imaging tool for initial assessment of cervical lymph nodes in children. Grey scale ultrasound helps to evaluate the morphology of cervical nodes, whereas power Doppler ultrasound assesses the nodal vasculature. On grey scale ultrasound, useful sonographic features that help in identifying pathologic nodes include round contour, absence of echogenic hilus, intranodal necr...

BACKGROUND Forearm fractures are common injuries in children. Displaced and angulated fractures usually require reduction. Ultrasound diagnosis and guided reduction offer several potential advantages: (1) the procedure does not involve ionizing radiation; (2) compared with fluoroscopy units, the newer ultrasound units are more portable; and (3) repeated studies can be obtained easily and quickl...

The aim of the investigation was to study ultrasound semiotics of community-acquired pneumonias in children of different age, and its dynamics in the course of treatment. Materials and Methods. Pneumonia semiotics study and dynamic monitoring of the disease have been carried out on the basis of chest ultrasound of 154 children divided into 4 age groups: 14 infants (9.1%) from birth to 3 months;...

PURPOSE To evaluate the prevalence of testicular microlithiasis among pediatric patients with inguinoscrotal affections. METHODS Between January 2005 and January 2010, we evaluated, prospectively 1504 children ranging from 1 to 15 years with inguinoscrotal affections with a high-frequency ultrasound system, which employs a 10-MHz transducer. RESULTS Testicular microlithiasis was identified ...

INTRODUCTION Ultrasound guidance has emerged as an adjunct for central vein catheterization in both adults and children. However, the use of ultrasound guidance for radial arterial catheterization has not been well established. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound guidance for radial artery catheterization. METHODS PubMed, Embase, and the C...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we consider two localization techniques used in injections of botulinium toxin in children: electrical stimulation and ultrasound. The hypothesis of this work was that injections performed without stimulation would be less painful. PATIENTS AND METHODS Monocentric prospective study, with 107 sessions of lower limb injections. Two groups of children were compared: loca...

OBJECTIVES To describe prospectively the evolution of liver abnormalities in cystic fibrosis (CF), and to assess their impact on nutritional status. STUDY DESIGN 124 children (61 boys) with CF (median age, 5.4 years; range, 0.1-13.9) were followed longitudinally for a median of four years. Annual clinical examination, biochemistry, and ultrasound assessment were performed. Chrispin-Norman sco...

Pseudocysts filled with cerebrospinal fluid caused complications at the distal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunts in five children. Only one of these cysts was infected. The children presented with raised intracranial pressure or abdominal symptoms, or both. We report on the usefulness of abdominal ultrasound examination in the diagnosis and follow up of these patients and suggest that abdomina...

conventional hydrostatic barium reduction or pneumatic reduction of intussusception is associated with considerable ionizing radiation. the aim of this study was to evaluate ultrasound-guided hydrostatic reduction for childhood intussusception using water enema. a total of 76 children who diagnosed as having intussusception were referred to doctor sheikh children hospital in mashhad (northeast ...

Our prospective cohort study of extremely low gestational age newborns evaluated the association of neonatal head ultrasound abnormalities with cerebral palsy at age 2 years. Cranial ultrasounds in 1053 infants were read with respect to intraventricular hemorrhage, ventriculomegaly, and echolucency, by multiple sonologists. Standardized neurological examinations classified cerebral palsy, and f...