Main description:

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with 'on the go', at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.

Topics reflect information needs stemming from today's integrated undergraduate and foundation courses:

Common presentations
Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging)
Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking)

The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the 'fear factor' associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket.

Key points

Guide to appearance of normal images and abnormal signs helps you navigate imaging results successfully and recognise underlying pathology
Clearly labelled, high-quality images teach you to identify anatomical landmarks and clinical signs
Concise disease descriptions give key facts and cardinal imaging features to look out for in practice
New to this edition: chapter on thoracic trauma and over 50 additional X-ray images, including those of newer medical devices
Previous edition (9781907816062) published in 2012

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1 First principles

1.1 Physics of X-rays

1.2 Positioning the patient and obtaining the image

1.3 Radiographic densities

1.4 Picture archiving and communication systems: image optimisation and pitfalls

1.5 Errors of perception and interpretation

Chapter 2 Understanding the normal chest X-ray

2.1 Normal chest anatomy

2.2 Normal variants and congenital anomalies

2.3 Artefacts

2.4 Systematic approach to reviewing the chest X-ray

2.5 Postsurgical appearances

Chapter 3 Recognising abnormal signs

3.1 Lung opacities

3.2 Atelectasis

3.3 Reticular opacities

3.4 Pleural abnormalities

3.5 Mediastinal abnormalities

3.6 Diaphragm, subdiaphragmatic area and chest wall abnormalities

Chapter 4 Thoracic infections

4.1 Community-acquired pneumonia

4.2 Hospital-acquired pneumonia

4.3 Active tuberculosis

4.4 Old tuberculosis

4.5 Pneumocystis pneumonia

4.6 Aspergilloma

4.7 Histoplasmosis

Chapter 5 Interstitial lung diseases

5.1 Sarcoidosis

5.2 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

5.3 Asbestosis

5.4 Silicosis

Chapter 6 Bronchogenic malignancy and metastatic disease

6.1 Bronchogenic malignancy

6.2 Metastatic disease

Chapter 7 Pleural disease

7.1 Mesothelioma and other pleural malignancies

7.2 Solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura

7.3 Pleural infection

7.4 Pneumothorax

Chapter 8 Mediastinal disease

8.1 Thymoma

8.2 Hiatus hernia

8.3 Bronchogenic cyst

8.4 Retrosternal goitre

8.5 Pneumomediastinum

8.6 Mitral regurgitation

8.7 Pericardial effusion

8.8 Aortic dissection

Chapter 9 Airway pathology

9.1 Asthma

9.2 Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

9.3 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

9.4 Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency

9.5 Bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis

9.6 Inhaled foreign body

Chapter 10 Pulmonary oedema

10.1 Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

10.2 Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Chapter 11 Lines, tubes and other devices

11.1 Nasogastric tubes

11.2 Central venous lines and pacemakers

11.3 Tracheal intubation

11.4 Chest drains

11.5 Other devices in the intensive care situation

11.6 Devices used in lung volume reduction

11.7 Tracheal and bronchial stents

11.8 Embolisation coils in treatment of pulmonary AVM

11.9 Thoracic aortic stent

11.10 Implantable loop recorder

11.11 Left ventricular partitioning device

11.12 Atrial septal defect closure device

11.13 Bariatric surgical treatment

11.14 Oesophageal stent

11.15 Oesophageal variceal embolisation coils

11.16 Transhepatic portosystemic shunt

11.17 Breast implants

11.18 Nipple-areolar prosthesis

11.19 Occipital nerve stimulation system

11.20 Incorrectly placed devices and pitfalls

Chapter 12 Thoracic trauma

12.1 Pneumothorax and haemothorax

12.2 Aortic and vascular injury

12.3 Chest wall injuries

12.4 Pulmonary injury

12.5 Tracheal and bronchial injuries

12.6 Oesophageal tear

12.7 Diaphragmatic rupture

12.8 Pneumoperitoneum

12.9 Penetrating injuries

12.10 Lines and tubes

Index