Chest X-Ray Made Easy

This invaluable little pocketbook takes the reader through the basics of chest X-ray examination and interpretation. It covers the range of conditions clinicians are likely to encounter on the wards, and guides the reader through the diagnostic process based on the appearance of the abnormality shown. Suitable for medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals who interpret chest X-rays, including radiographers, nurses and physiotherapists, this text is the ideal solution to increasing your skills and boosting your confidence in using chest X-rays for diagnosis and management. Chest X-Ray Made Easy has garnered international praise as the ideal quick and simple guide to understanding chest X-rays.

List of contents

1. How to look at a chest X-ray
2. Localizing lesions
3. The CT scan
4. The white lung field
5. The black lung field
6. The abnormal hilum
7. The abnormal heart shadow
8. The widened mediastinum
9. Abnormal ribs
10. Abnormal soft tissues
11. The sick patient
12. The hidden abnormality
13. The chest x-ray quiz

Product details

• Authors: Iain Au-Yong, Iain (Consultant Thoracic Au-Yong, Au-Yong Iain, Jonathan Corne
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780702082344
• ISBN: 978-0-7020-8234-4
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Series: Made Easy; Made Easy (Elsevier)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Radiology, MEDICAL / Internal Medicine, MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine, Respiratory medicine, Clinical & internal medicine, Medical imaging: radiology