RT Book, Section
A1 Newman, Beverley
A1 Kurland, Geoffrey
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182915298
T1 Tools for Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Disease
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182915298
RD 2022/05/19
AB Viewing  the  pediatric  chest  and  lungs,  whether  by  radiographic  or  bronchoscopic  means,  is  often  central  in  the  clinical  evaluation  of  children.  Although  the  chest  x-ray  has  a  venerable  place  in  history,  radiologic  technologies  now  available  include  computed  tomography  (CT),  chest  ultrasound,  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (MRI),  and  nuclear  medicine.  These  technologies  allow  for  better  evaluation  of  the  respiratory  tract  both  anatomically  and  physiologically.  The  rigid  bronchoscope  has  been  available  since  the  early  part  of  the  20th  century,  but  advances  in  fiberoptics  now  allow  for  safer  bronchoscopic  studies  in  pediatric  patients.  This  section  will  deal  with  the  various  imaging  techniques  as  well  as  with  bronchoscopic  evaluation  of  the  airways.