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The Society for Pediatric Radiology Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Emergency and Trauma Imaging Committees’ consensus protocol recommendation for rapid MRI for evaluating suspected appendicitis in children

  • Cara E. Morin
  • , Pinar Karakas
  • , Gregory Vorona
  • , Gayathri Sreedher
  • , James M. Brian
  • , Govind B. Chavhan
  • , Taylor Chung
  • , Lindsay M. Griffin
  • , Summer L. Kaplan
  • , Michael Moore
  • , Kathleen Schenker
  • , Subramanian Subramanian
  • , Michael Aquino
  • University of Cincinnati
  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Akron Children's Hospital
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Toronto
  • University of California at San Francisco
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine

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Abstract

The imaging evaluation of acute abdominal pain in children with suspected appendicitis has evolved to include rapid abdominopelvic MRI (rMRI) over recent years. Through a collaborative effort between the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Emergency and Trauma Imaging Committees of the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), we conducted a survey on the utilization of rMRI to assess practice specifics and protocols. Subsequently, we present a proposed consensus rMRI protocol derived from the survey results, literature review, and discussion and consensus between committee members.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12-19
Number of pages8
JournalPediatric Radiology
Volume54
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2024

Keywords

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Appendicitis/diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Consensus
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

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