English | 2024 | Original PDF | 60 MB | 789 Pages
Hansel J. Otero, Summer L. Kaplan, L. Santiago Medina, C. Craig Blackmore, Kimberly E. Applegate, 3030896870, 9783030896874, 978-3030896874, B0D145HXT2
This book provides evidence-based guidance for pediatric
imaging to radiologists, pediatricians, and all subspecialists caring
for children, as well as policy advocates. While the majority of
pediatric radiology books concentrate on diagnosis, this book highlights
how imaging should be used in optimal care, allowing comparisons
between different modalities and addressing follow up, complications and
the issue of timing of imaging.
The primary
objective of this book is to provide a summary of appropriate imaging
use in terms of modality and timing based on the best available
evidence. The book therefore acts as a resource for optimized clinical
care of children and effective decision-making. A secondary objective is
to collate the evidence-based practices that constitute quality care
for children in the setting of value-based imaging. Radiologists are
often in the position of helping clinicians decide when and how to image
children with suspected diseases or confirmed diagnoses. However,
traditional residency training has done little to fulfill the need for
this up-to-date evidence knowledge. Moreover, in spite of furthering
subspecialization of the field, the great majority of children’s imaging
(and care) occur outside of children’s hospitals, where clinicians and
radiologist might need this type of general guidance for establishing
best-practices.
