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Pediatric abdominal ultrasonography.

Baker TW, Davidson AP

Department of Surgery and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Small Animal Clinic, University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. tbaker@vmth.ucdavis.edu

Pediatric patients are commonly presented to the veterinarian because of signs referable to the abdominal cavity caused by congenital anomalies,dietary indiscretion, parasitic infestation, and infectious disease. Abdominal ultrasound provides valuable clinical information about the peritoneal cavity, great vessels, abdominal viscera, and lymph nodes,which is obtained in a noninvasive fashion and usually does not necessitate sedation or anesthesia. Ultrasonography thus greatly facilitates diagnostic evaluation of the pediatric patient. Ultrasound equipment already in place in many small animal veterinary clinics is appropriate for most pediatric cases.

Published 27 March 2006 in Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 36(3): 641-55, vii-viii.
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