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Chang, Jeon, Lee, Lim, Kim, Yoon, Lim, and Lee: Guideline for Fluoroscopy of Low Gastrointestinal Tract in Pediatrics

Abstract

Although the availability of CT, MRI and endoscopy has resulted in a marked decline in fluoroscopic procedures in adult patients, fluoroscopy remains an important and frequently used procedure in pediatric patients because there is no appropriate choice of diagnostic imaging or treatment modality for certain diseases. The Korean Society of Pediatric Radiology has formulated evidence-based guidelines for fluoroscopy of the lower intestinal tract in the pediatric population (under age 18 including neonates) in order to assist physicians in clinical practice. The guidelines offer standards of examination practice including radiation doses that are as low as reasonably achievable for children under 18 years old, including neonates, for fluoroscopy of the lower intestinal tract, which has typically used relatively high doses. The recommendations of these guidelines should not be used as an absolute standard, and physicians should always refer to methods that do not adhere to the guidelines when those methods are considered more reasonable and beneficial to an individual patient's medical situation.

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Definition of level of evidence [level 1: systemic review of randomized control trial, meta-analysis, level 2: (inidividual) cohort study (including low-quality randomized control trial), level 3: individual case-control study, level 4: case-series (and poor quality cohort and case-control studies), level 5: expert opinion without explicit critical appraisal or based on physiology, branch research or first principal]

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