Krasnoyarsk doctors spoke about the mandatory ultrasound complex for newborns

Pediatricians from Krasnoyarsk spoke about the complex mandatory ultrasound examinations for babies. Ultrasound is the most effective, painless, highly informative and absolutely harmless of diagnostic procedures, the Ministry of Health of the Krasnoyarsk Territory reported.

Included in the complex of mandatory ultrasound examinations For children in the first month of life include:

— Neurosonography (ultrasound of the brain): performed through the large fontanel and helps to identify pathologies of brain development that arose during pregnancy or childbirth.

— Echocardiography (ultrasound of the heart): allows you to detect congenital heart defects.

— Ultrasound of the hip joints: performed to identify both mild forms of pathology of the development of the hip joints and to exclude dislocation or subluxation of the hip.

— Ultrasound of the abdominal organs: allows you to assess the condition of the liver, spleen, pancreas and gall bladder.

— Ultrasound of the kidneys and urinary system: aimed at identifying pathologies of the kidneys and bladder.

“The examination is carried out in a comfortable environment – in one room your baby will undergo the entire range of examinations at once. Ultrasound of a newborn does not require special preparation. The only condition: you need to feed the baby no later than one and a half to two hours before the examination, so that the child does not feel hungry or uncomfortable; if necessary, you can take a bottle of water or milk with you. To form a more complete picture of possible changes during an ultrasound examination and their dynamics, especially if your baby has already identified any changes during pregnancy or immediately after birth, take with you the discharge summary from the maternity hospital and the results of previous examinations, if any,” clarified Nadezhda Samsonenko, head of the ultrasound diagnostics department of antenatal clinic No. 1, maternity hospital No. 4.

Rresults along with a detailed description of the mother receivedyes after the inspection baby per day research. In addition, the pediatrician will advise which specialists should be contacted with the results of the study And will give recommendations on the timing of the control inspection if necessary.

On average, from 150 to 220 babies are examined in the children's ultrasound department of Krasnoyarsk Maternity Hospital No. 4 per week. Zand in 2024 the survey was carried out more than 9 thousand newborns.

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