Efficacy of Child Abuse Evaluations for Infants With Possible Subdural Hemorrhage Identified on Cranial Ultrasound Completed for Macrocephaly.

Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for infants. Determining when to pursue a complete physical abuse evaluation can be difficult, especially for nonspecific findings or when a child appears clinically well. This retrospective study of 7 cases sought to describe the presentation, evaluation, and diagnoses for infants with abnormal subdural collections identified on cranial ultrasound for macrocephaly, and to determine how frequently AHT is diagnosed.

Perinatal management of congenital cystic lung lesions in the age of minimally invasive surgery.

Background: Most congenital cystic lung lesions (CCLLs) do not require in utero or perinatal intervention. The management of asymptomatic lesions is controversial: the theoretical risk of infection and malignancy is offset by whether thoracotomy in asymptomatic children is justified. We examined our recent experience and the role of minimally invasive surgery.

Isolated computed tomography diagnosis of pulmonary contusion does not correlate with increased morbidity.

Background: Increased utilization of computed tomography (CT) has led to a rise in the diagnosis of pulmonary contusion. Its clinical significance, in the absence of findings on chest radiograph (CXR), has not been defined. This study examines the clinical course of patients with CT-only diagnosis of pulmonary contusion and compares it with that of patients with CXR-proven pulmonary contusion.

Utility of simple radiation dose measurements in the evaluation of different CT scanners used for high-resolution CT.

In recent years radiation risk from CT scanning has become an important area of investigation. Many authors have suggested that radiation dose can be decreased without loss of diagnostic information. This dose reduction has primarily been achieved through a decrease in tube current.

Postmortem validation of imaging-derived formulas for prediction of fetal lung volume.

Objective: To determine the validity of existing imaging-derived formulas for predicting the fetal lung volume (FLV).

Methods: In a consecutive series of postmortem lungs without pulmonary anomalies, the observed FLV (FLV(obs)) after inflation was correlated with individual fetal variables used in imaging-derived formulas. In addition, FLV(obs) was correlated with the predicted FLV calculated according to these same formulas.