caa a22 4500 475842405 CHVBK 20180406123904.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/PL00011827 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/PL00011827 CT scanning of children with blunt abdominal trauma - is oral contrast useful? [Elektronische Daten] [S. P. Ryan, G. Gaisie, R. A. Kraus] Purpose: To determine the usefulness of oral contrast in CT scanning of children with blunt abdominal trauma by comparing scans performed with and without oral contrast. Methods: CT scans of 273 children with abdominal trauma and 40 without trauma were reviewed. Results: Of the trauma patients, 116 (43 %) were scanned with oral contrast, 157 (57 %) without. Among the children who underwent laparotomy, CT scanning identified 6 of 6 organ injuries in those scanned with oral contrast and 11 of 12 in those scanned without. CT scanning identified all bowel injuries. The pancreatic body and tail were significantly better visualized in scans with oral contrast. Detection of pancreatic or liver injury was not, however, significantly different in the two groups. Opacification of the bowel by contrast was significantly better in elective than in trauma patients. Conclusion: There was no difference in detection of injuries between children scanned with and without oral contrast. American Society of Emergency Radiology, 2000 Key words Computed tomography - Contrast media - Abdomen - Injuries - Computed tomography in infants and children nationallicence Ryan S. P. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44309, USA, US aut Gaisie G. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44309, USA, US aut Kraus R. A. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44309, USA, US aut https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011827 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011827 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ryan S. P. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44309, USA, US aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gaisie G. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44309, USA, US aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kraus R. A. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44309, USA, US aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer