Pocket Tutor Chest X-Ray Interpretation
- illustrated
- London JP Medical Ltd 2012
- 192 pages
- Jp Medical Series Pocket Tutor .
Contents:
Preface
First principles
Understanding the normal chest Xray
Recognising abnormal results
Thoracic infections
Interstitial lung diseases
Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with “on the go”. Their highly affordable price represents great value for those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.
Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate & foundation courses:
Common investigations (ECG, Chest X-Ray, etc) Clinical skills (procedures, patient examination, etc) Important and/or complex specialties in which students receive comparatively little dedicated training (psychiatry, renal medicine) Key Points
Highly affordable price and convenient pocket size format – fits in back pocket! Logical, sequential content: relevant basic science; understanding normal results and the building blocks of abnormal results; then clinical disorders Clinical disorders illustrated by a full page chest radiograph with brief accompanying text on facing page that clearly identifies the defining features of the X-Ray (in other words, what is it that makes this pneumothorax?) Common terms and phrases: abnormality acute adenopathy air–fluid level airway Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis apical appears arrowheads asbestos aspergilloma assess atelectasis atelectatic bilateral bronchiectasis Bronchogenic Bronchogenic cyst calcified cardiac caused cavity chest drain Chest X-ray showing chronic Clinical insight computerised tomography scan consolidation costophrenic CT scans cysts density diaphragm emphysema empyema fibrosis goitre heart border hemidiaphragm hemithorax hiatus hernia hilum hyperinflation ifthe imaging infection Key facts lateral view lesions lobar loss of volume lower lobe lower zones lucency main bronchus malignancy Management medial mediastinal mediastinal masses mediastinum metastases miliary multiple nasogastric tube nodes nodules normal obstructive ofthe left ofthe lung opacities patient pleural effusion pleural fluid pleural plaques pleural thickening Pneumomediastinum pneumothorax posterior posteroanterior present pulmonary oedema Radiographic findings respiratory ribs right upper lobe Round atelectasis sarcoid seen silhouette sign silicosis soft tissue subpleural symptoms syndrome thoracic tomography scan showing trachea tuberculosis tuberculous unilateral upper lobe atelectasis upper zone usual interstitial pneumonia venous visible
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