This book provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and accurate information on the diagnostic imaging of nontraumatic abdominal emergencies in pediatric patients. All of the most common neonatal and pediatric emergencies are covered, with separate discussion of diseases that occur more commonly in newborns and those typically encountered later in childhood. For each condition, the main signs observed using the various imaging techniques – X-ray, Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance – are described and illustrated with the aid of a wealth of images. Attention is drawn to those features of particular relevance to differential diagnosis, and the prognostic value of diagnostic imaging is also explained. The final section addresses topics of special interest, including the acute onset of abdominal neoplasms, the problems associated with radiation protection in the emergency setting, and medicolegal issues and informed content. The book will be of value for all radiologists working in emergency settings in which pediatric patients (newborn and children accessing the emergency department) are regularly examined.

Vittorio Miele is a senior radiologist in the fields of Emergency Radiology and Pediatric Radiology and current Chairman of the Department of Emergency Radiology at S. Camillo Hospital in Rome, Italy. Dr. Miele is Past President of the Italian College of Emergency Radiology and a member of the board of the Italian Society of Radiology (SIRM). He is the author of more than 300 papers and has edited several monographs, including most recently Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric Patients, published by Springer International Publishing in 2015.

Margherita Trinci is a consultant radiologist in the fields of Emergency Radiology and Pediatric Radiology and currently works in the Department of Emergency Radiology at S. Camillo Hospital in Rome, Italy. Dr. Trinci is a member of the board of the Italian College of Pediatric Radiology. She is the author of more than 50 published papers. She is also an editor of the recent monograph Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric Patients, published by Springer International Publishing in 2015.