Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Children

Dr. Rizwan Ahmad Khan is an Associate Professor and head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He received his superspecialisation in Pediatric Surgery from the PGI, Chandigarh. His areas of interest are pediatric urology including pediatric hernia, hydrocele, undesecended testes, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, posterior urethral valves and congenital hydrocephalus. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed international and national journals of pediatric surgery and two book chapters. He is a member of various pediatric surgery bodies of India and abroad, and serves as a reviewer for many prominent journals of pediatrics.    Dr Shagufta Wahab holds an M.D. in Radiodiagnosis and is a consultant radiologist currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. She has published more than 40 papers related to radiodiagnosis in various peer reviewed national and international journals, as well as a handbook. Her main field of research is women’s imaging and MRI, with an emphasis on newer techniques like MR spectroscopy, diffusion and perfusion imaging, MR urography and MR angiography. She is an active member of various international and national radiological societies. 

Section I: Abdominal trauma in children.- Introduction and epidemiology of abdominal trauma in children.- Injury and risk of abdominal trauma in children.- Prevention and control of abdominal trauma in children.- Post-traumatic stress disorder in children.- Section II: Primary resuscitation and ancillary care in pediatric abdominal trauma.- Pre-hospital and trauma care in children with abdominal trauma.- Assessment of a child with abdominal trauma.- Imaging in pediatric abdominal trauma.- Interventional imaging in pediatric abdominal trauma.- Anesthetic and critical considerations in children with abdominal trauma.- Section III: Specific organ injuries in children.- Pediatric solid organ injuries: evaluation and treatment.- Genitourinary injuries in children: diagnosis and management aspects.- Bowel injuries in children: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.- Traumatic abdominal wall injuries in children.- Other abdominal injuries in children.