RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fifteen-minute consultation: Imaging in paediatric major trauma
JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 326
OP 330
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318247
VO 105
IS 6
A1 Nikki Abela
A1 Elizabeth Herrieven
YR 2020
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/105/6/326.abstract
AB With trauma being a leading cause of death for children, identifying all sustained injuries remains a priority for clinicians, and imaging is a key diagnostic tool to ensure that is achieved. However, children have a greater risk of detrimental effects of ionising radiation than adults. Clinicians therefore have to balance limiting their patients’ radiation exposure to ‘as low as reasonably achievable’ with the need for diagnostic accuracy. But what is ‘reasonable’ in major trauma can be confusing. This article aims to clarify the current guidance on which body part to scan and when in paediatric major trauma.