Study of lumbar spine bone mineral density in obese children.

Bone mineral density (BMD) was studied in 59 obese children (mean (+/- SD) age 11.8 +/- 2.7 years) at the start of dietary treatment and compared with a control group, matched for sex, age and body height.

[Therapeutic implication of the decreased intrathyroidal iodine pool after partial thyroidectomy for simple goiter].

The residual intrathyroidal iodine pool has not been theoretically estimated in 65 subjects from Brussels submitted to partial thyroidectomy for simple goitre. The initial pool was found to be 6.28 mg +/- 3.

Paediatric nuclear medicine procedures: routine sedation or management of anxiety?

In our department, examinations of long duration are performed without sedation. It is exceptional that a test has to be postponed because of lack of cooperation by the patient. Good quality images, taking into account the recommended paediatric amounts of radioactivity, are achieved for procedures such as MIBG whole body scanning (10 min frame-1), gastro-oesophageal reflux studies (60 min acquisition), renography and furosemide challenge (45 min) or pinhole views for bone or renal DMSA studies (20-30 min).