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Chest x-rays for medical students : CXRs made easy / Christopher Clarke, Anthony Dux.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Christopher, 1986- author.
- Dux, Anthony, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chest--Radiography--Atlases.
- Chest.
- Chest--Radiography.
- Genre:
- Atlases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I Introduction to X-rays p. 1
- 1 Introduction to X-rays p. 3
- What are X-rays? p. 3
- How are X-rays produced? p. 3
- How do X-rays make an image? p. 4
- The five densities on an X-ray p. 4
- How are X-ray images (radiographs) stored? p. 4
- Hazards and precautions p. 5
- 2 Chest X-ray views p. 7
- PA erect chest X-ray p. 7
- Other views p. 8
- 3 Radiograph quality p. 9
- Inclusion p. 9
- Rotation p. 10
- 4 Normal anatomy on a PA chest X-ray p. 13
- Right and left p. 13
- Lung zones p. 14
- The mediastinum p. 14
- Normal pulmonary vasculature p. 15
- General anatomy p. 16
- Bronchial and lobar anatomy: Figure 4.8 p. 17
- 5 Presenting a chest radiograph p. 19
- Example of presenting a normal chest X-ray p. 19
- Part II The ABCDE of chest X-rays p. 21
- 6 A-Airway p. 23
- How to review the airway p. 23
- What to look for p. 24
- Tracheal deviation p. 24
- Carinal angle p. 25
- 7 B - Breathing p. 27
- How to review the lungs p. 27
- What to look for p. 28
- Consolidation/airspace opacification p. 29
- Air bronchogram p. 31
- Collapse (atelectasis) overview p. 32
- Pneumonectomy p. 41
- Solitary mass lesion p. 44
- Multiple mass lesions p. 47
- Cavitating lung lesion p. 48
- Fibrosis p. 50
- Pneumothorax p. 53
- Tension pneumothorax p. 55
- Hydropneumothorax p. 56
- Pleural effusion p. 57
- Pulmonary oedema p. 60
- Septal lines p. 64
- Asbestos-related lung disease p. 65
- 8 C - Circulation p. 69
- How to review the heart and mediastinum p. 69
- What to look for p. 69
- Dextrocardia p. 69
- Cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) p. 70
- Left atrial enlargement p. 71
- Widened mediastinum p. 72
- Hilar enlargement p. 76
- Hiatus hernia p. 78
- 9 D-Disability p. 79
- How to review the bones p. 79
- What to look for p. 80
- Fractures p. 80
- Sclerotic and lucent bone lesions p. 81
- 10 E - Everything else (review areas) p. 83
- How to look at the review areas p. 83
- What to look for p. 83
- Gas under the diaphragm (pneumoperitoneum) p. 84
- Subcutaneous emphysema/surgical emphysema p. 86
- Mastectomy p. 87
- Medical and surgical objects (iatrogenic) p. 88
- Foreign bodies p. 99
- Part III Common conditions and their radiological signs p. 101
- 11 Common conditions and their radiological signs p. 103
- Pulmonary embolism (PE) p. 103
- Primary lung malignancy p. 103
- Pneumonia p. 104
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) p. 104
- Heart failure p. 105
- Tuberculosis p. 106.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 2, 2020).
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Arthur Bernstein Cardiology Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781119504054
- 1119504058
- Publisher Number:
- 99984276002
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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