SynthesisPediatric radiology2020
Bowel ultrasound measurements in healthy children - systematic review and meta-analysis.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Review Article: Extending the Frontiers of Intestinal Ultrasound Knowledge, Performance and Expansion.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026Pooled it
- Management of paediatric ulcerative colitis, part 1: Ambulatory care-An updated evidence-based consensus guideline from the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Guideline
- Beyond the current limits: a novel approach to differentiate small and large intestine in gastroschisis through prenatal imaging.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Diagnostic value of ultrasonographic measurement of peritoneal, mesenteric and intestinal wall thickness in children with peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: a preliminary clinical study.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- Early intestinal ultrasound findings predict remission and treatment response at 1 year in pediatric Crohn's disease.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2026Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound provides useful information in children with Crohn's disease visiting the outpatient clinic.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Article
- Defining normal bowel wall thickness in children with inflammatory bowel disease in deep remission: A multicenter study on behalf of the pediatric committee of the International Bowel Ultrasound Group (IBUS).Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Article
- Cold Snare Polypectomy in Pediatric Polyposis: A Multicenter Experience.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Gastrointestinal Ultrasound: Measurements and Normal Findings - What Do You Need to Know?Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Transabdominal intestinal ultrasound and its parameters used in the assessment of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2024Article
- Ultrasound imaging of bowel obstruction in neonates.Journal of ultrasound · 2024Article
- Ultrasound findings and specific intrinsic blood volume expansion therapy for neonatal capillary leak syndrome: report from a multicenter prospective self-control study.European journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Bedside Intestinal Ultrasound Predicts Disease Severity and the Disease Distribution of Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Pilot Cross-sectional Study.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2024Article
- Clinical Application of Intestinal Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Current gastroenterology reports · 2024Review
- Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease-A Review of the State of the Art and Future Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Epidemiology of injuries among children and adolescents from the Xinglin District in Xiamen, 2016-2019.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Point-of-Care Intestinal Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Current gastroenterology reports · 2023Review
- Intestinal Ultrasound to Assess Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity in Children: External Validation and Comparison of 2 Intestinal Ultrasound Activity Indices.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2023Article
- Intestinal ultrasound as a non-invasive tool to monitor inflammatory bowel disease activity and guide clinical decision making.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Intestinal Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Promising, but Work in Progress.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2022Review
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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundUltrasound (US) is a noninvasive method of assessing the bowel that can be used to screen for bowel pathology, such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease, in children. Knowledge about US findings of the bowel in healthy children is important for interpreting US results in cases where disease is suspected.
objectiveTo assess the bowel wall thickness in different bowel segments in healthy children and to assess differences in bowel wall thickness among pediatric age categories. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe conducted a systematic search in the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and CINAHL databases for studies describing bowel wall thickness measured by transabdominal US in healthy children. We excluded studies using contrast agent. We calculated the pooled mean and standard deviation scores and assessed differences among age categories (0-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-14 years, 15-18 years), first with analysis of variance (ANOVA) and further with subsequent Student's t-tests for independent samples, corrected for multiple testing.
resultsWe identified 191 studies and included 7 of these studies in the systematic review. Reported bowel wall thickness values ranged from 0.8 mm to 1.9 mm in the small bowel and from 1.0 mm to 1.9 mm in the colon. The mean colonic bowel wall thickness is larger in children ages 15-19 years compared to 0-4 years (range in difference: 0.3-0.5 mm [corrected P<0.02]).
conclusionThe reported upper limit of bowel wall thickness in healthy children is 1.9 mm in the small bowel and the colon, and mean thickness increases slightly with age in jejunum and colon. These values can be used as guidance when screening for bowel-related pathology in children.
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