ESR Ultrasound Quality and Standards Subcommittee Session
US 10 - What a radiologist should know: paediatric ultrasound
February 27, 14:00 - 15:30 CET
5 min
Chairpersons' introduction
20 min
The acute abdomen in children
To understand surgical cases ranging from pyloric stenosis to appendicitis, intussusception (ileo-ileal, ileo-colonic) and abdominal cysts and their radiological management.
20 min
Urogenital emergencies
To learn ultrasound characteristics of ovarian and testicular tortions, bilateral hydronephrosis in the male neonate, complex ovarian cysts and PUJ obstructions in paediatric patients.
20 min
Acute musculoskeletal disorders
To learn ultrasound characteristics of joint effusions, infective collections, and differential with inflammatory disorders in paediatric patients.
20 min
Infective chest pathology
To understand how US can help in pneumonias and parapneumonic effusions, empyema, necrotising pneumonia/abscesses.