Title of article :
Liver size: Comparing Sonography and the Traditional Method in Infancy and Early Childhood
Author/Authors :
Alipour, P Department - Ali- Asghar Hospital - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Darvish, M Department - Ali- Asghar Hospital - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Ale Ali, B Department - Ali- Asghar Hospital - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Background/ Objective:A soundmeasurementoftheliversizeinchildrenofdifferentage
groupsisnecessarytohelpthepediatricianexcludehepatomegaly.Inadditiontothetraditional
methods,wedecidedtoobtainanadequatelyreliable“nomogram”oftheliversizein
thepediatricpopulation.
PatientsandMethods:Thisapplied prospectivecross-sectional study included 180healthy
children(boysandgirlsequally),aged1 monthupto6 years,whosefamiliesresidedinWest
Tehran. A parental consent was obtained. The children were divided in 6 different age
groups ofequal size: 1-3, 4-6 , 7-12months;and 1-2, 2-4,and 4-6years First, thechildren's
height,weightandliverspan(bypercussion/palpationandpercussionmethod)weremeasured.
Then, the hepatic length (M.C.L.) and antero–posterior dimension were obtained by
Real-timeUltrasound.
Results:Therewasa closecorrelationcoefficientbetweenliverdimensionsandage,height,
andbodysurfacearea,exceptsex.Therewasa 95%correlationcoefficientbetweentheliver
spanandsizeonsonography(M.C.L.andA.P).Thebodylengthhadthestrongestcorrelation
ofallotherdevelopmentalvariables.
Conclusion:Wewereabletorecorda StandardlivernomogramonIranianchildrensince1
moupto6 years,andfoundthattheM.C.L.waswellcorrelatedwithliverspan.
Keywords :
Liver size , Nomogram , Sonography , Clinical method , infancy , childhood
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
