Thoracic Radiology: The Requisites E-Book

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Apr 29, 2010 - Medical - 442 pages

As part of the successful THE REQUISITES series, the second edition of Thoracic Radiology: The Requisites, by Theresa McLoud, MD and Phillip Boiselle, MD, presents the most essential information you need to know about chest radiology, including some of the more recent techniques in chest imaging such as CTA and PET imaging. Its concise and up-to-date coverage prepares you for examinations and clinical practice. Abundantly illustrated with over 800 images and covering all functional units of chest organs, this book discusses diagnostic imaging of the most frequently seen problems and the interventional techniques performed in thoracic radiology.

Find what you need quickly and easily Numerous tables, charts and boxes summarize clinical features, pathology and radiographic signs to reinforce important techniques.

See imaging findings as they appear in practice covering the full array of thoracic conditions.

Get all you need to know from this comprehensive yet concise source which contains the essential principles that residents and practitioners need to know. Keep up with cutting-edge topics such as the new classification of interstitial pneumonias, the impact of helical CT in diagnosing pulmonary embolism, CT angiography, computed radiography, three-dimensional imaging of the airways, and emerging infections and bioterrorism infectious agents,.

Expand your understanding of PET imaging and pulmonary vascular abnormalities, as well as many other topics, with updated and enhanced chapters that feature new images throughout.

 

Contents

Thoracic Radiology Imaging Methods Radiographic Signs and Diagnosis of Chest Disease
1
Congenital Abnormalities of the Thorax
59
Pulmonary Infections in the Normal Host
80
Pulmonary Diseases in the Immunocompromised Host with or without Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
121
Radiography for the Critical Care Patient
136
Thoracic Trauma
160
Interstitial LungDisease
181
The Pneumoconioses
201
The Trachea
288
The Bronchi
306
Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities
327
The Mediastinum Anatomy
339
Mediastinal Masses
346
Diffuse Mediastinal Abnormalities
369
The Pleura
379
Interventional Techniques
400

Diseases of Altered Immunologic Activity
216
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseaseand Asthma
242
Pulmonary Neoplasms
253

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