The following chest x-ray is from a newborn with respiratory distress. What radiological sign can be seen? Continue reading
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Imaging Case of the Week 151 Answer
Imaging Case of the Week 151
The following x-rays, from three different patients, all show a particular radiological sign. Which common radiological sign can you observe? Continue reading
Imaging Case of the Week 142
The following skull x-ray is from a 3 year old with a history of a head injury 72 hours prior to presentation. He had a fall in the playground with no LOC and one incidence of vomiting post-injury. After suffering the injury, he had been observed in the ED for 4 hours, remained well and was then discharged home. He has now been brought in by his parents as he’s been irritable since the initial discharge. On examination, the only finding is a boggy swelling in the right parietal area. A skull x-ray was performed by the treating physician; what can be observed? Continue reading
Imaging Case of the Week 119
The following lateral soft tissue neck x-ray is from a 3 year old child with fever who is unable to move his neck. There is no history of trauma but the child has had coryzal symptoms two days prior to presentation. What can be seen? Continue reading
Imaging Case of the Week 118
The following supine abdominal x-ray is from a 7 week old male infant with a 10 day history of vomiting. What can you observe in the x-ray? Continue reading
Imaging Case of the Week 81
The following chest x-rays are from a 12 year old with a history of cough, fever and dyspnoea who has been unwell for about 6 days prior to presentation. The patient has no past medical history. What can you deduce from the x-rays? Continue reading
Imaging Case of the Week 71
The following chest x-rays are from a neonate with respiratory distress. What condition and interesting radiological sign can you observe? Continue reading
The daily educational pearl – Sizing IDCs in children
Staying with your patient from yesterday, you decide that he needs an indwelling urinary catheter. But what size?
The daily educational pearl – What is the normal bladder volume in a 4 yo child?
Your next patient is a 4 yo who has a UTI and his mother tells you that he hasn’t passed urine for more than 10 hours. Your nurse does a bladder scan…. but you’re not sure what to do when she tells you that the volume is 130 mls.