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Head ultrasonography (HUS) is an important tool in the initial evaluation of intracranial abnormalities in newborns. In experienced hands, HUS is an outstanding tool to detect brain abnormalities in preterm and full-term neonates, to follow the progression of these lesions, and to follow the development of the neonatal brain. In addition, ultrasonography of the spine in the neonates is widely used as the initial modality to evaluate spinal canal anatomy, anatomical variants, and congenital malformations. Ultrasonography is a safe and cost-efficient alternative to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography in many cases. In this book, we discuss the ultrasonography techniques that are currently available for the neonatal brain and spine, and are now the standard of care, how to perform them, and what to look for. We describe a variety of findings that may be encountered including hemorrhagic/ischemic complications of prematurity, hypoxic ischemic brain injury, neonatal stroke, infections, malformations, and various other brain and spine neonatal pathologies.
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Poretti, A., Huisman, T.A.G.M. (2016). Introduction. In: Poretti, A., Huisman, T. (eds) Neonatal Head and Spine Ultrasonography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14568-6_1
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