Imaging Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies in Pediatric Patients

Vittorio Miele is a senior radiologist in the fields of Emergency Radiology and Pediatric Radiology and current Chairman of the Department of Emergency Radiology at S. Camillo Hospital in Rome, Italy. Dr. Miele is Past President of the Italian College of Emergency Radiology and a member of the board of the Italian Society of Radiology (SIRM). He is the author of more than 300 papers and has edited several monographs, including most recently Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric Patients, published by Springer International Publishing in 2015. Margherita Trinci is a consultant radiologist in the fields of Emergency Radiology and Pediatric Radiology and currently works in the Department of Emergency Radiology at S. Camillo Hospital in Rome, Italy. Dr. Trinci is a member of the board of the Italian College of Pediatric Radiology. She is the author of more than 50 published papers. She is also an editor of the recent monograph Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric Patients, published by Springer International Publishing in 2015.

Section 1 - Neonatal Acute Abdomen.- 1. Intestinal Atresia.- 2. Malrotation and Volvulus.- 3 Meconium Plug Syndrome.- 4. Necrotizing Enterocolitis.- 5. Hirschsprung Disease.- 6. Complications of devices.- 7. Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Cyst.- Section 2 - Pediatric Acute Abdomen.- 8. Piloric Hypertrophic Stenosis.- 9. Intestinal Intussusception.- 10. Acute Appendicitis.- 11. Meckel Diverticulum.- Section 3 -Neonatal and Pediatric GU Emergencies.- 12. Adrenal Hemorrhage.- 13. Hydrometrocolpos.- 14. Ovarian Torsion.- 15. Complications of Uracal Residues.- 16. Nephrolithiasis.- 17. Acute Pyelonephritis.- 18. Hydronephrosis and Pyonephrosis.- 19. Posterior Urethral Valves.- 20. Testicular Torsion.- Section 4 - Critical Issues in Pediatric Emergencies.- 21. Abdominal Neoplasms: Clinical Onset in Emergency Setting.- 22. Technical Protocols for CT and RM in Pediatric Patients.- 23. The Radioprotection of the Child in Emergency Radiology.- 24. Informed Consent and Medico-legal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Non-Traumatic Emergencies.

"The editors have clearly achieved their goal of providing a reference textbook covering all nontraumatic abdominal (gastrointestinal and genitourinary) pediatric emergencies. I believe that this book will be well received by both staff radiologists (pediatric radiologists and general imagers) as well as their residents and fellows. I recommended this book not only for the private collection of radiologists but also for radiology and pediatric departmental libraries." (Robert D. Stoffey, Radiology, Vol. 285 (1), October, 2017)