Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician E-Book: Expert Consult - Online and Print

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Mar 15, 2011 - Medical - 688 pages

Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician, written and edited by a practicing emergency physician for emergency physicians, takes a step-by-step approach to the selection and interpretation of commonly ordered diagnostic imaging tests. Dr. Joshua Broder presents validated clinical decision rules, describes time-efficient approaches for the emergency physician to identify critical radiographic findings that impact clinical management and discusses hot topics such as radiation risks, oral and IV contrast in abdominal CT, MRI versus CT for occult hip injury, and more. Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician has been awarded a 2011 PROSE Award for Excellence for the best new publication in Clinical Medicine.

    • Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability.
    • Choose the best test for each indication through clear explanations of the "how" and "why" behind emergency imaging.
    • Interpret head, spine, chest, and abdominal CT images using a detailed and efficient approach to time-sensitive emergency findings.
    • Stay on top of current developments in the field, including evidence-based analysis of tough controversies - such as indications for oral and IV contrast in abdominal CT and MRI versus CT for occult hip injury; high-risk pathology that can be missed by routine diagnostic imaging - including subarachnoid hemorrhage, bowel injury, mesenteric ischemia, and scaphoid fractures; radiation risks of diagnostic imaging - with practical summaries balancing the need for emergency diagnosis against long-terms risks; and more.
    • Optimize diagnosis through evidence-based guidelines that assist you in discussions with radiologists, coverage of the limits of "negative" or "normal" imaging studies for safe discharge, indications for contrast, and validated clinical decision rules that allow reduced use of diagnostic imaging.
    • Clearly recognize findings and anatomy on radiographs for all major diagnostic modalities used in emergency medicine from more than 1000 images.
    • Find information quickly and easily with streamlined content specific to emergency medicine written and edited by an emergency physician and organized by body system.
     

    Contents

    Chapter 1 Imaging the Head and Brain
    		1
    Chapter 2 Imaging the Face
    		46
    Chapter 3 Imaging the Cervical Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
    		73
    Chapter 4 Imaging Soft Tissues of the Neck
    		158
    The Chest Radiograph
    		185
    Chapter 6 Imaging Chest Trauma
    		297
    Chapter 7 Imaging of Pulmonary Embolism and Nontraumatic Aortic Pathology
    		373
    ONLINE CHAPTER 8 CardiacComputed Tomography
    		444
    Chapter 11 Imaging Abdominal Vascular Catastrophes
    		612
    Chapter 12 Imaging the Genitourinary Tract
    		650
    Chapter 13 Imaging of the Pelvis and Hip
    		706
    Chapter 14 Imaging the Extremities
    		748
    An EvidenceBased Assessment
    		847
    ImageGuided Therapies in Emergency Medicine
    		848
    Colour Plates
    		848
    Index
    		849

    Chapter 9 Imaging of Nontraumatic Abdominal Conditions
    		445
    Chapter 10 Imaging Abdominal and Flank Trauma
    		578
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    Bibliographic information

    TitleDiagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician E-Book: Expert Consult - Online and Print
    AuthorJoshua S. Broder
    PublisherElsevier Health Sciences, 2011
    ISBN1437735878, 9781437735871
    Length688 pages
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    Medical / Emergency Medicine
    Medical / Surgery / General
      
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