“Dyspnea / tachypnea in conjunction with abdominal pain (hepatomegaly) warrants consideration of acute heart failure as much as the kid presenting in overt shock”
Sean M. Fox, MD (from the great pedemmorsels.com) discusses signs, symptoms, and mimics of heart failure in children.
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“Patients with hydrocephalus will have nearly 4 scans per year during childhood”
For evaluation of VP shunts in children, the cost and study duration a rapid MRI is closer to CT than you might think (and without the ionizing radiation!). Best of all, the evidence comes from studies performed with populations chiefly less than 5 years of age. In this article, Sean M. Fox, MD makes a strong argument about why rapid MRIs should be a part of your institution’s protocol.
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