Compendium of national guidelines for imaging of the pediatric patient.
Compendium of national guidelines for imaging of the pediatric patient.
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国家儿科患者影像学指南概要。
DOI：
10.1007/s00247-011-2211-3
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Frush,DonaldP
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作者：
Williams,CameronH;Frush,DonaldP
背景诊断成像在许多儿科疾病的诊断和治疗中起着不可或缺的作用，但医学界和公众越来越关注电离辐射对儿童健康的长期影响，以及成像评估的应用。目的生成一份国家医疗机构认可的儿童成像指南清单。材料和方法搜索了几个资源，包括国家指南信息中心(NGC)和主要医疗组织的网站，搜索了包含在儿科人群中进行成像的具体建议的文献。结果来自40个医疗组织的155个指南符合纳入标准，并在我们的概要中有代表性。结论本研究所生成的指南可用于指导临床治疗，为政策制定提供信息，改善卫生保健人员的教育。此外，该简编可用来确定重复或不足的领域，这可能会促使对现有建议的重新评估以及制定新的准则。
BackgroundDiagnostic imaging plays an integral role in diagnosing and managing many pediatric disorders, but there is growing concern in both the medical community and the general public about the long-term health effects of ionizing radiation in children, as well as utilization of imaging evaluation. These concerns, coupled with increasing pressure to reduce national health care spending, underscore the need for an assessment of readily available guidelines, especially evidence-based guidelines, for imaging in children.ObjectiveTo generate a list of national medical organization-endorsed guidelines with provisions for imaging the pediatric patient.Materials and methodsSeveral resources, including the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) and the Web sites of major medical organizations, were searched for documents that contained specific recommendations for imaging in the pediatric population.ResultsA total of 155 guidelines from 40 medical organizations met inclusion criteria and are represented in our compendium.ConclusionsThe compendium generated in this study can be used to direct clinical care, inform policy development and improve education of health care personnel. Additionally, the compendium can be used to identify areas of redundancy or deficiency, which may stimulate the reassessment of existing recommendations as well as the creation of new guidelines.