Emergency Chest Radiology

ISBN-13: 9789813343955 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 262 str.

Tae Jung Kim; Kyung Hee Lee; Yeon Hyeon Choe

Recenzje

"It provides an excellent overview of a variety of conditions that patients may present to the emergency department with. ... Throughout the book, and where necessary, there are detailed explanations and illustrations ... . provides a wealth of useful and easily accessible information that can be searched simply and quickly. It will be a useful reference tool to maintain and/or develop the reader's knowledge base and would likely be a welcome addition to the electronic library of any reporting room." (Barry Stevens, RAD Magazine, September, 2021)

Spis treści

1. Traumatic lung injury

2.Traumatic airway injury

3.Diaphragmatic Injuries

4.Traumatic skeletal injuries

5.Traumatic and non-traumatic esophageal emergency

6.Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of acute aortic diseases

7.Evaluation of acute cardiac diseases with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

8.Pulmonary Infection (Pneumonia)

9.Mediastinal and spinal infection

10.Pulmonary embolism 

11.Non-Infectious Pulmonary Emergency

12.Postoperative Emergency

13.Pleural diseases

14.Foreign bodies in the thorax

15.Contrast extravasation on chest CT.

O autorze

Tae Jung Kim, MD, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Radiology

Samsung Medical Center

Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

Kyung Hee Lee, MD, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiology

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Yeon Hyeon Choe, MD, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Radiology

Samsung Medical Center

Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

Kyung Soo Lee, MD, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Radiology

Samsung Medical Center

Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

Blurb

This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive review of every aspect of emergency chest radiology in patients who are admitted to emergency departments with chest trauma or chest pain. The aim is to offer an unsurpassed source of practical information on imaging diagnosis of acutely ill and injured patients with this symptomatology. To this end, the wide spectrum of chest and cardiovascular emergencies are systematically categorized and typical imaging manifestations of these emergent conditions are illustrated in superb detail, with particular attention to the role of state of the art imaging techniques. The book will be an ideal resource for all members of the emergency team, general and emergency radiologists, radiology residents, and medical students.