Role of ultrasound in the treatment of pediatric infectious diseases:case series and narrative review
作者机构:Department of RadiologySaitama Children's Medical Center1-2 Shintoshin Chuo-kuSaitama 330-8777Japan Department of Infectious Diseases and ImmunologySaitama Children's Medical CenterSaitamaJapan
出 版 物:《World Journal of Pediatrics》 (世界儿科杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2023年第19卷第1期
页 面:20-34页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100202[医学-儿科学] 10[医学]
主 题:Infectious diseases Intra-abdominal abscess Osteomyelitis Pyothorax Ultrasound
摘 要:Background Infectious diseases are common in pediatric *** these patients,ultrasound is a useful imaging modality that involves no irradiation or sedation and can be performed repeatedly at the patient s *** purpose of this review was to show pediatric cases with infectious disease that used ultrasound to decide the methods of *** sources Literature review was performed using Pubmed as the medical database *** year-of-publication restric-tion was *** mesh terms used were:ultrasound,sonography,infectious disease,treatment,antibiotics,surgical intervention,pediatric,children,deep neck abscess,pyothorax,empyema,pneumonia,urinary tract infection,intra-abdominal abscess,soft tissue infection,septic arthritis,osteomyelitis,andsurgical site infection.Results We presented pediatric case series with infectious diseases,including deep neck abscess,pyothorax and empyema,pneumonia,urinary tract infection,intra-abdominal abscess,soft tissue infection,septic arthritis and osteomyelitis,and surgical-site *** was useful for evaluating the extent and location of inflammation and abscess and for decision-making concerning surgical *** Knowledge of these sonographic findings is important for sonographers during examinations and for physicians when determining the treatment plan and period of antibiotic therapy for infected lesions.