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In 2008, the EANM published the first version of its paediatric dosage card.
In 2011, the North American consensus guidelines recommended a set of administered activities for paediatric nuclear medicine. During the EANM Annual Congress in 2012, a working group of the EANM and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) met to discuss ways to harmonise these guidelines.
The purpose of this publication was to identify differences between these guidelines and suggest changes in both to achieve a better level of harmonisation. In August 2016, the last update of the EANM Paediatric Dosage Card was issued.
This card summarises the views of the EANM Paediatric and Dosimetry Committees and reflects recommendations for which the EANM cannot be held responsible. The dosage recommendations should be taken in the context of ‘good practice’ of nuclear medicine and do not substitute for national and international legal or regulatory provisions.
This card is based upon the following publications:
- Optimized tracer-dependent dosage cards to obtain weight independent effective doses. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2005), Jacobs F, Thierens H, Piepsz A, Bacher K, Van de Wiele C, Ham H, Dierckx RA.
- Pediatric Radiopharmaceutical Administration: Harmonization of the 2007 EANM Paediatric Dosage Card (Version 1.5.2008) and the 2010 North America Consensus guideline. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2014), M. Lassmann, S.T.Treves.
- The new EANM paediatric dosage card: additional notes with respect to F-18. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2008), Lassmann M, Biassoni L, Monsieurs M, Franzius C.
A new update is planned soon based on the following article:
- Analysis of image data from the EuroNet PHL-C2 trial indicates a potential reduction in injected F-18 FDG activities in children: a proposal to update the EANM Paediatric Dosage Card. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2023), Tran-Gia J, Eberlein U, Lassmann M, Mauz-Korholz C, Korholz D, Zuccetta P, et al.
In addition to the dosage card, the PedDose App was developed and downloaded over 2,500 times on Google Play. Users rated it with 4.1 out of 5 stars. It is currently undergoing an update and will be available again soon. Stay tuned!