RT Book, Section
A1 Dawson, Matt
A1 Russell, Patrick
A2 Stone, C. Keith
A2 Humphries, Roger L.
A2 Drigalla, Dorian
A2 Stephan, Maria
SR Print(0)
ID 1176570765
T1 Emergency Bedside Ultrasound
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071799454
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176570765
RD 2024/04/20
AB Bedside  ultrasound  has  revolutionized  the  practice  of  emergency  medicine.  It  has  allowed  physicians  to  diagnose  and  treat  patients  more  efficiently  and  safely.  One  of  the  main  benefits  of  ultrasound  is  that  it  does  not  expose  the  patient  to  ionizing  radiation.  This  is  especially  important  for  pediatric  patients,  who  are  the  most  vulnerable  individuals  to  radiation  risk.  The  number  of  computed  tomography  (CT)  scans  in  the  United  States  has  increased  from  2  million  in  1980  to  72  million  in  2007.  This  is  despite  the  fact  that  radiation  from  two  to  three  abdominal  scans  gives  the  same  amount  of  radiation  exposure  that  survivors  of  the  Hiroshima  nuclear  bombing  received,  and  1–2%  of  all  cancers  in  the  United  States  may  be  attributable  to  the  radiation  from  CT  examinations.