RT Book, Section
A1 Newman, Beverley
A1 Kurland, Geoffrey
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7050250
T1 Chapter 506. Tools for Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Disease
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7050250
RD 2024/09/13
AB Viewing  the  pediatric  chest  and  lungs,  whether  by  radiographic  or  bronchoscopic  means,  is  often  central  in  the  evaluation  of  these  patients.  Although  the  chest  x-ray  has  a  venerable  place  in  history,  radiologic  technologies  now  available  include  computerized  tomography  (CT),  chest  ultrasound,  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (MRI),  and  nuclear  medicine.  These  novel  methods  allow  better  evaluation  of  the  respiratory  tract  both  anatomically  and  physiologically.  The  rigid  bronchoscope  has  been  available  since  the  early  part  of  the  twentieth  century,  but  advances  in  fiberoptics  now  allow  for  safer  bronchoscopic  studies  in  pediatric  patients.  These  newer  technologies  improve  the  evaluation  of  the  infant  or  child  with  pulmonary  complaints.  This  section  will  deal  with  the  various  radiographic  and  nuclear  medicine  imaging  techniques  as  well  as  with  rigid  and  flexible  bronchoscopic  evaluation  of  the  airways.  Other  diagnostic  techniques  such  as  pulmonary  function  testing  are  described  in  Chapter  503.