Transabdominal ultrasound (TUS) is a fast, safe, and well-established screening modality for identifying pancreas, liver, and biliary tract pathology in the pediatric population. A subset of patients with findings that are incompletely characterized by ultrasound or who have no sonographic evidence of disease but persistent clinical suspicion may receive magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). Pediatric inpatients who obtain an MRCP often experience longer inpatient stays, higher costs and delays in management. Relying on the sonographic findings or pursuing more advanced imaging as an outpatient may be a better option. To our knowledge, there have been no studies that have assessed whether inpatient MRCP performed following TUS in pediatric patients resulted in significant changes to additional inpatient treatment rendered. Our group ultimately looks to develop interdepartmental guidelines on when pursuit of an inpatient MRCP after TUS is indicated. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Nahl Daniel, Glavis-bloom Justin, Sura Amit

Keywords: MRCP, Transabdominal Ultrasound, pancreatohepatobiliary

To study the frequency of discrepancies between interpretations of radiologists at outside referring hospitals, overnight residents preliminarily interpreting imaging, and pediatric fellowship trained attending radiologists at a tertiary children’s hospital. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Glavis-bloom Justin, Nahl Daniel, Sura Amit

Keywords: Discrepancy, Second Opinion, Preliminary