Pediatric Thoracic Trauma
Weight Tube current (mAs) Kilovoltage (kVp) <10 40 80 10–14 50 80 15–24 60 80 25–34 70 80 35–44 80 80 45–54 90 90 55–70 100–120 100–120 Routine pediatric thoracic…
Pediatric Polytrauma Management
Etiology % Motor vehicle accidents 38.2 Homicide 13.3 Drowning 13.2 Burn 9.1 Suicide 5.4 Suffocation 4.5 Other 16.3 In children, the area more frequently affected by trauma is the skull…
Diagnostic Imaging in Child Abuse
Fig. 7.1 Corner lesion (arrows in a and b) and bucket-handle lesion (arrows in c and d) 7.1.1 Rib Fractures Rib fractures occur in older children in case of motor…
Paediatric Head Injuries
Fig. 2.1 The axial head-MDCT with bone window shows a depressed fracture of the right frontoparietal bone They are more common patterns in nonaccidental cranial trauma, and each of these…
Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Traumatic Emergencies
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Vittorio Miele and Margherita Trinci (eds.)Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric Patients10.1007/978-3-319-08524-1_8 8. Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Traumatic Emergencies Antonio Pinto1 and Luigia Romano1 (1)…
