Ultrasound Evaluation of Biliary Atresia Based on Gallbladder Classification: Is 4 Hours of Fasting Necessary?
Wenying ZhouDan ChenHong JiangQuanyuan ShanXiaoer ZhangXiao-Yan XieLuyao ZhouPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2019)
The performance of gallbladder diagnoses was not influenced by the fasting time with the use of the gallbladder classification scheme. Additionally, the gallbladder classification scheme may help junior radiologists to more effectively identify biliary atresia and nonbiliary atresia.