Keywords:
Paediatric, Gastrointestinal tract, Ultrasound, Fluoroscopy, Outcomes analysis, Quality assurance
Authors:
N. W. D. Clarke, A. Paterson; Belfast/UK
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-2558
Conclusion
Success rates of greated than 70% recommended by the Royal College of Radiologists in London [10], and our data show that our success rate (78.8%) meets with acceptable national standards.
We realise that our current standards date from 1999 and we must strive to ensure that our practice remains up to date,
and keeps pace with improvements in patient care elsewhere in the field of clinical paediatric medicine.
We highlight the clinical and radiological features that may help predict those cases where pneumatic reduction will not be successful,
however it is our position that in the abscence of evidence of bowel perforation,
the first line treatment should always be radiogical,
with definitive surgery reserved for those cases of failed pneumatic reduction.