Radiologic clinics of North America
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Successful and safe sedation is an important technical aspect of pediatric imaging for the radiologist. Sedation of children requiring acute diagnostic evaluation presents additional challenges including uncertain past medical history and nothing-by-mouth status, unknown allergies, and unstable clinical status. This article focuses on the techniques and problems of sedating children in an acute setting.
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In conclusion, sonography plays a central role in imaging the obstetric and gynecologic emergencies of babies, girls, and adolescents. Transabdominal and transvaginal sonography each have their respective and combined strengths, which depend on the age, size, anatomy, and social and clinical situation of the patient to be imaged. ⋯ In the sexually mature patient, transvaginal sonography provides an exceptional view of the normal uterus and adnexae and the myriad presentations of pelvic pathology. This article has reviewed the sonographic techniques that can be used in imaging the pediatric and adolescent pelvis, and has emphasized some of the many pathologic conditions that can be elucidated by pelvic sonography.