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Paediatric Department, Health and Educational Medical Centre Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clinic for Internal Diseases Tuzla, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clinic for Children’s Diseases Tuzla, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clinic for Internal Diseases Tuzla, University Clinical Centre Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paediatric Practice "Dr Aida" Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clinic for Surgery, University Clinical Centre Tuzla; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paediatric Department, Health and Educational Medical Centre Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paediatric Department, Health and Educational Medical Centre Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim To determine the normative range of ultrasound dimensions for the liver, spleen and kidneys in healthy children according to gender, age, body measurements, body surface area (BSA), and the influence of ethnicity on organ size.
Methods The prospective study included children, ranging from full-term neonates to children aged 15, with normal ultrasonographic (US) findings of the liver, spleen and kidney and no clinical evidence of a disease. Gender, age, as well as body measurements and BSA, were determined for each child along with US measurements, and normative ranges were established.
Results US images of the liver and spleen from 372 children and 366 US images of kidneys of 366 children were included. US measurements of the liver, spleen and kidney correlated well with gender, age, body weight and height, and often differed to a greater or lesser extent from the normal range of measurements (5th to 95th percentile) reported in other studies.
Conclusion Our results differed slightly from other reports conducted in Europe, but larger differences compared to measurements performed on children on other continents were found. Thus, our study confirmed that ethnically appropriate and modern tables of normal ultra-sound dimensions for the liver, spleen and kidneys should be used, and that the national nomogram is justified.
No specific funding was received for this study.
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