Emergency Cross-sectional Radiology (Cambridge Medicine (Paperback))

234 Pages·2012·16.149 MB·English

by  Daniel Y. F. Chung, Dipanjali Mondal, Erskine J. Holmes, Rakesh Misra

Emergency Cross-Sectional
Radiology

Emergency
Cross-Sectional
Radiology
Daniel Y.F. Chung
SpecialityRegistrarinClinicalRadiology,OxfordUniversityHospitalsNHSTrust,Oxford,UK
AcademicClinicalFellow,OxfordUniversityClinicalAcademicGraduateSchool,Oxford,UK
Dipanjali Mondal
SpecialityRegistrarinClinicalRadiology,OxfordUniversityHospitalsNHSTrust,Oxford,UK
Erskine J. Holmes
EmergencyMedicineConsultant,WexhamParkHospital,Slough,UK
Rakesh R. Misra
ConsultantRadiologist,WycombeHospital,Buckinghamshire,UK
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Contents
Listofabbreviations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xii
Section 1 Fundamentals of
18. Cervicalspine 76
cross-sectional imaging
19. Neckvesseldissection 87
1. Computedtomography 1
Chest
2. Magneticresonanceimaging 8
20. Aorticdissection 90
3. Ultrasound 17
21. Thoracicaorticaneurysm
–
Section 2 Pathology andrupture 95
Head and neck 22. Diaphragmaticrupture 98
23. Haemothorax 101
4. Acutestroke 21
5. Subduralhaematoma 30 24. Oesophagealperforation 105
6. Extradural/epiduralhaematoma 35 25. Pericardialeffusion/cardiac
tamponade 108
7. Subarachnoidhaemorrhage 38
26. Pneumothorax 112
8. Cerebralvenoussinus
thrombosis 43 27. Pulmonarycontusion,ribfractures
andflailchest 116
9. Traumaticparenchymalbrain
injury 46 28. Pulmonaryembolism 119
10. Hydrocephalus 51
Abdomen and pelvis
11. Hypoxic-ischaemicinjury(HII) 54
29. Abdominaltrauma:bluntand
12. Meningitis 57
penetrating 123
13. Encephalitis 59 30. Abdominalaorticaneurysm 134
14. Cerebralabscess 62 31. Appendicitis 140
15. Arteriovenousmalformation 66 32. Biliaryobstruction/acute
cholecystitis 143
16. Solitarylesions 69
33. Bowelobstruction 147
17. Multiplelesions 73
vii
viii Contents
34. Mesentericischaemia 154 48. Prolapsedintervertebraldisc/Cauda
equinasyndrome 199
35. Colitis 157
49. Deepveinthrombosis 202
36. Diverticulitis 164
37. Perforation 166
38. Renaltractcalculi 170
Appendices
39. Intussusception 173 IABCD2scoringsystem 205
40. Pancreatitis 176 IIProposedalgorithmforthe
emergencymanagementofacute
41. Testiculartorsion 179
stroke 206
42. Ectopicpregnancy 182 IIIGlasgowcomascale 208
IVAdaptedNICEguideline
43. Ovariancyst/torsion 185
forCTscanninginadulthead
injury 209
Musculoskeletal VAdaptedNICEguidelineforCT
scanninginchildren(<16yearsold)
44. Irritablehip/transient headinjury 210
synovitis 187 VIInformationrequiredpriorto
neurosurgicalreferral 211
45. Kneesoft-tissueinjury 189
VIIWellsscoresfordeepveinthrombosis
46. Achillestendonrupture 193 andpulmonaryembolism 213
47. Discitis 196
Index 214