Emerging Techniques in Pediatric Ultrasound, with Emphasis on Infants.

Ultrasound is an important modality to assess pediatric patients and uses continue to increase. In this review, several emerging applications of ultrasound in pediatric patients are detailed, focusing on diseases impacting infants, including necrotizing enterocolitis, malrotation with midgut volvulus, and liver lesion characterization.

Association of new sonographic features with outcome in neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis.

Background: We have recently noted some sonographic features in necrotizing enterocolitis that have received little or no attention in the current literature. These include thickening of the mesentery, hyperechogenicity of intraluminal intestinal contents, abnormalities of the abdominal wall, and poor definition of the intestinal wall. It has been our impression that the above four sonographic findings are generally seen in neonates with more severe necrotizing enterocolitis and may be useful in predicting outcome.