Emergency cross-sectional radiology / Daniel Y.F. Chung [and others].

"Cross-sectional imaging plays an ever-increasing role in the management of the acutely ill patient. There is 24/7 demand for radiologists at all levels of training to interpret complex scans, and alongside this an increased expectation that the requesting physician should be able to recognise...

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Other Authors: Chung, Daniel Y. F., 1982-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge medicine (Series)
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Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Computed tomography
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Ultrasound
  • Acute stroke
  • Subdural haematoma
  • Extradural/epidural haematoma
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
  • Traumatic parenchymal brain injury
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hypoxic-ischaemic injury (HII)
  • Meningitis
  • Encephalitis
  • Cerebral abscess
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Solitary lesions
  • Multiple lesions
  • Cervical spine
  • Neck vessel dissection
  • Aortic dissection
  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm and rupture
  • Diaphragmatic rupture
  • Haemothorax
  • Oesophageal perforation
  • Pericardial effusion/cardiac tamponade
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pulmonary contusion, rib fractures and flail chest
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Abdominal trauma: blunt and penetrating
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Appendicitis
  • Biliary obstruction/acute cholecystitis
  • Bowel obstruction
  • Mesenteric ischaemia
  • Colitis
  • Diverticulitis
  • Perforation
  • Renal tract calculi
  • Intussusception
  • Pancreatitis
  • Testicular torsion
  • Ectopic pregnancy
  • Ovarian cyst/torsion
  • Irritable hip/transient synovitis
  • Knee soft-tissue injury
  • Achilles tendon rupture
  • Discitis
  • Prolapsed intervertebral disc/Cauda equina syndrome
  • Deep vein thrombosis.