Pediatric compliance during ultrasound examination:
Seven patients (18.4%) obtained a score of 0. These children, all younger than 6 years old, were afraid to undergo the ultrasound examination, but the ultrasound was nevertheless completed with valid results. A score of 1 was assigned to 11 patients (28.9%), aged 6-17 years; they faced the diagnostic exam with indifference. Finally, 20 children (52.6%) aged 2-16 years showed interest and curiosity during the ultrasound exam, obtaining a score of 2. (Table 3)
Most patients with score 2 had received tumor diagnosis in a previous admission, while the ones not cooperative or wary were at the onset of their disease. There was no statistically significant difference between febrile and apyretic patients.