Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2001;84:
( March )
Fetal and Neonatal this issue
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Test your cranial ultrasound interpretation skills on the web
Cranial ultrasound is now well established in neonatal units as a
tool for monitoring the prevalence of intracranial lesions, timing
injury, and investigating babies with abnormal neurology. Just when you
thought the method was so easy that it was safe to let the trainees
perform cranial ultrasound, the Hammersmith team (page 92) show that
you are wrong. A welcome feature of this article is that you can
privately test your own skills without fear of exposure. All the images
used in this audit, and the correct answers, can be found on the
Archives website (www.archdischild.com). The results of the survey were alarming, with only about a half of the
answers correct. There was a low response rate from consultants, an
observation open to interpretation. The authors acknowledge that
reporting from a single isolated image is more difficult than . . . [Full text of this article]