Neonatal Head and Spine Ultrasonography

ISBN-13: 9783319145679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 171 str.

Andrea Poretti; Thierry Huisman

Opis

This book discusses the key features of normal, age-dependent neonatal head ultrasonography as well as the findings of the most common neonatal neurological disorders as visualized by this modality. Neonatal head ultrasound is an important diagnostic tool in the initial evaluation of intracranial abnormalities in newborns. Head ultrasound is a safe and cost-efficient tool for detecting brain abnormalities in preterm and term neonates, monitoring the progression of brain lesions, and describing the maturation of the developing neonatal brain. To facilitate its use at the bedside, the book is organized by clinical findings and their differential diagnoses. For each disorder, a clinical vignette describing the clinical presentation of the newborn is accompanied by high-quality ultrasound images that depict the abnormal findings and detailed explanations of these findings. This book is a succinct guide to neonatal head ultrasonography for neuroradiologists, neonatologists, and pediatricians.

Recenzje

"I feel that this textbook would be a valuable resource for trainee sonographers and radiologists with an interest in paediatric imaging. It would no doubt be of great value to the on-call trainee when faced with a call from the neonatal unit, and would be a useful, although brief, reference text for the department." (Dr. Oliver Hulson, RAD Magazine, January, 2017)

"This book promotes the use of ultrasonography in the evaluation of neonatal head and spinal abnormalities. ... The intended audience includes practicing clinicians in neonatology and radiologists and their trainees. ... It symptom-based approach is helpful to bedside clinicians." (Jay P. Goldsmith, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2016)

Spis treści

Introduction.- Technique.- Normal Head Ultrasound in the Preterm and Term Newborn.- Seizures Encephalopathy.- Muscular Hypotonia.- Hemiplegia.- Apnea.- Microcephaly.- Macrocephaly.- Dysmorphic Facial Features.- Facial Skin Abnormalities.

O autorze

Andrea Poretti, MD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology Division of Pediatric Radiology Department of Radiology and Radiological Science The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1800 Orleans Street Zayed Tower Room 4174 Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA Thierry G.M. Huisman, MD Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, and Neurology Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology Division of Pediatric Radiology Department of Radiology and Radiological Science The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1800 Orleans Street Zayed Tower Room 4174 Baltimore, MD, USA

Blurb

This book discusses the key features of normal, age-dependent neonatal head and spine ultrasonography and the application of this modality to common and rare neonatal neurologic disorders. Ultrasonography is an incredibly versatile bedside imaging tool in detecting brain and spine abnormalities in neonates, monitoring the course of these lesions, and evaluating the maturation of the neonatal brain and spine. Organized to correspond to daily bedside practice, it presents a symptom-based approach and classifies neonatal neurologic disorders at presentation. For each disorder, clinical cases are presented that explore the differential diagnoses and are accompanied by high-quality ultrasound images that depict the abnormal findings. Topics include seizures, encephalopathy, hemiparesis, apnea, microcephaly, and neonatal spine abnormalities. Neonatal Head and Spine Ultrasonography is a succinct guide to this imaging modality and is a valuable resource for pediatric radiologists, neuroradiologists, neonatologists, and pediatricians.