The chest X-ray : a survival guide /

Featuring a practical, clinical approach - and written in a quick-access style - this portable, economical reference helps you build a strong foundation in chest x-ray interpretation. Three radiologists with years of clinical and teaching experience present fundamental principles and key anatomical...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Berman, Laurence (Radiologist), De Lacey, Gerald, Morley, Simon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Philadelphia : Saunders, 2008.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Reference: Normal CXR
  • Core Knowledge
  • Chest Radiology: The Basic Basics
  • The LateraI CXR
  • Alveolar Disease Versus lnterstitial Disease
  • Pneumonia and the Silhouette Sign
  • Lobar Collapse
  • Hila and Hilar Abnormalities
  • Pleural Abnormalities
  • Mediastinum: Anatomy, Masses and Air
  • Patterns in 21st Century Lung Infections
  • Bronchial Carcinoma
  • Cardiac Disease
  • Pacemaker Assessment
  • Patients in the Intensive Therapy Unit
  • Particular Paediatric Points
  • The Neonatal CXR
  • The Radiologist's Toolbox
  • Clinical Problems
  • The CXR: Its Impact on Clinical Decision Making
  • Analysis: One Lung Looks Blacker
  • Analysis: White Out
  • Analysis: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
  • Analysis: Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
  • Suspected COPD
  • Suspected Acute Pulmonary Embolism
  • Suspected Aortic Dissection
  • Suspected Metastatic Disease
  • Chronic Cough: What To Look For
  • Chest Pain: What To Look For
  • Dyspnoea: What To Look For
  • Asthmatic Attack: What To Look For
  • Haemoptysis: What To Look For
  • Systemic Hypertension: What To Look for
  • Blunt Trauma: What To Look For.