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Pediatric Radiology: Page 24
Screening for thyroid cancer worthwhile in some childhood cancer survivors
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 29 - While ultrasound screening for thyroid cancer in the general population is not cost-effective and may lead to unnecessary surgery, it is worthwhile in childhood cancer survivors who received radiotherapy involving the head, neck, or upper thorax, according to Italian researchers.
December 28, 2008
Obese children risk thyroid damage
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Reuters Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters), Dec 3 - Obese children may be damaging their thyroids, creating a vicious cycle of metabolism and overweight, Italian researchers reported on Wednesday. They evaluated 186 overweight and obese children for about three years, testing thyroid hormone levels and thyroid antibodies and imaging the thyroid gland using ultrasound.
December 2, 2008
Normal heart function seen in most pediatric septic shock survivors
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - Most children who survive septic shock exhibit normal cardiac function, although a few patients will have rhythm disturbances and decreased ventricular function, according to Dutch researchers. They compared ECG and echocardiographic data from pediatric septic shock survivors and healthy control patients.
December 2, 2008
Swiss pediatric CT survey leads to national dose standards
By
Cynthia E. Keen
When a child needs a CT exam of the head, chest, or abdomen in Switzerland, pediatricians and parents can be assured that the radiation dose exposure will be identical regardless of the hospital. The country's success in standardizing pediatric CT dose could provide a model for similar efforts under way in the U.S.
October 22, 2008
MRI used to diagnose complex lung infections in children
By
Cynthia E. Keen
CT is the gold standard for lung imaging, particularly when a chest x-ray lacks the detail needed to make a diagnosis. But CT's far higher radiation dose -- equivalent to 200 chest radiographs -- has some pediatric radiologists looking for an alternative modality, especially for children with chronic lung conditions who may require many CT scans.
October 15, 2008
MRI aids in assessing risk of MS after first CNS demyelination episode
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 10 - MRI criteria can help identify children with a first attack of inflammatory demyelination who are likely to go on to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a report in the September 23 issue of
Neurology
.
October 9, 2008
MRI can provide safe imaging for pediatric heart patients
By
Wayne Forrest
Cardiovascular MRI can be performed safely, with low risk and limited hemodynamic changes, on infants with congenital heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Heart and Diabetes Center in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
August 28, 2008
Cardiac function normal in children with perinatal glucocorticoid exposure
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 25 - Perinatal glucocorticoid therapy to reduce the incidence and severity of chronic lung disease in preterm infants does not appear to harm cardiac function in childhood, according to a retrospective Dutch study.
August 24, 2008
Education reduces children's need for anesthesia during radiotherapy
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 7 - Among young patients with cancer, a psychoeducational intervention reduces the percentage of patients requiring anesthesia during radiation treatment, Swiss researchers report in
Radiation Oncology
.
July 6, 2008
Early screening urged for children in families with HCM
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Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 4 - Findings from a Swedish study indicate that children with a family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should be screened at an early age because risk of sudden death peaks early.
June 3, 2008
Insight Agents launches contrast media in Europe
By
AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German contrast media developer Insight Agents announced the European launch of two new generic contrast media products, one for x-ray and CT in Germany, and one for MRI in 22 European countries.
November 25, 2007
Lower tube voltage leads to reduced dose in pediatric CT
By
Brian Casey
SAN FRANCISCO - Radiation dose can be reduced in pediatric CT imaging without compromising image quality by using lower tube voltages, according to CT pioneer Willi Kalender, Ph.D. Dose could potentially be reduced even further if manufacturers tweaked their systems to enable them to scan at lower energies than those commonly used now, he said at yesterday's sessions of Stanford University's International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
June 13, 2007
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