Ultrasound of the Chest
US is increasingly used also in the chest, supplementing and partially substituting chest films—particularly the pleural space, the infant’s mediastinum and the lung; additionally conditions of the chest wall and various lung malformations can be addresse
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Pediatric Ultrasound
Michael Riccabona Editor
Pediatric Ultrasound Requisites and Applications Second Edition
Editor Michael Riccabona Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology Medical University Graz and University Hospital Graz Graz Austria
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Preface for the Second Edition
It is a couple of years that the first edition has been published. Since then, there have been new developments in ultrasound that also affected paediatric practice; furthermore, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has enormously expanded with nearly all specialties performing focused US exams trying to improve their clinical practice. With this development, the overall expenditure for clinical US has grown remarkably—in some countries, US is becoming the most expensive imaging modality in terms of total costs to the health care system, simply because so many exams are done. In paediatrics, nearly every office has at least a small US device which is used not just for the “traditional” standard indications such as screening but also increasingly to improve initial diagnosis trying to streamline further work-up and patient management. In the light of these developments, the new edition has been restructured and a dedicated chapter on POCUS has been added. All the chapters have been revised and new aspects have been included, particularly remarks on respective and/or new applications of POCUS, US-elastography, and contrast-enhanced US have been addressed. Furthermore, as POCUS often addresses small parts or nerv
