Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics: Clinical Decision Support for Optimized Imaging in Pediatric Care

This book provides evidence-based guidance for pediatric  imaging to radiologists, pediatricians, and all subspecialists caring  for children, as well as policy advocates. While the majority of  pediatric radiology books concentrate on diagnosis, this book highlights  how imaging should be used in optimal care, allowing comparisons  between different modalities and addressing follow up, complications and  the issue of timing of imaging.

The primary  objective of this book is to provide a summary of appropriate imaging  use in terms of modality and timing based on the best available  evidence. The book therefore acts as a resource for optimized clinical  care of children and effective decision-making. A secondary objective is  to collate the evidence-based practices that constitute quality care  for children in the setting of value-based imaging. Radiologists are  often in the position of helping clinicians decide when and how to image  children with suspected diseases or confirmed diagnoses. However,  traditional residency training has done little to fulfill the need for  this up-to-date evidence knowledge. Moreover, in spite of furthering  subspecialization of the field, the great majority of children’s imaging  (and care) occur outside of children’s hospitals, where clinicians and  radiologist might need this type of general guidance for establishing  best-practices.