Chest X-rays for Medical Students offers a fresh analytical approach to identifying chest abnormalities, helping medical students, junior doctors, and nurses understand the underlying physics and basic anatomical and pathological details of X-ray images of the chest. The authors provide a memorable framework for analysing and presenting chest radiographs, with each radiograph appearing twice in a side-by-side comparison, one as seen in a clinical setting and the second highlighting the pathology.
This new second edition includes significant revisions, improved annotations of X-rays, expanded pathologies, and numerous additional high-quality images. A comprehensive one-stop guide to learning chest radiograph interpretation, this book:
Aligns with the latest Royal College of Radiologists’ Undergraduate Radiology Curriculum
Offers guidance on how to formulate normal findings
Features self-assessment tests, presentation exercises, and varied examples
Includes sections on radiograph quality X-ray hazards and precautions
Chest X-rays for Medical Students is an ideal study guide and clinical reference for any medical student, junior doctor, nurse or radiographer.
Author(s): Christopher Clarke, Anthony Dux
Edition: 2
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2020
Language: English
Tags: Chest X-ray; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Radiologic & Ultrasound Technology; Radiology; Thoracic & Vascular Surgery
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface to the 2nd Edition
Acknowledgements
Learning objectives checklist
About the companion website
Part I Introduction to X-rays
Chapter 1 Introduction to X-rays
What are X-rays?
How are X-rays produced?
How do X-rays make an image?
The five densities on an X-ray
How are X-ray images (radiographs) stored?
Hazards and precautions
Chapter 2 Chest X-ray views
PA erect chest X-ray
Other views
Chapter 3 Radiograph quality
Inclusion
Rotation
Inspiration
Chapter 4 Normal anatomy on a PA chest X-ray
Right and left
Lung zones
The mediastinum
Normal pulmonary vasculature
General anatomyGeneral anatomy 1: Figure 4.6
General anatomy 2: Figure 4.7
Bronchial and lobar anatomy: Figure 4.8
Chapter 5 Presenting a chest radiograph
Example of presenting a normal chest X-ray
Part II The ABCDE of chest X-rays
Chapter 6 A – Airway
How to review the airway
What to look for
Tracheal deviation
Carinal angle
Chapter 7 B – Breathing
How to review the lungs
What to look for
Consolidation/airspace opacification
Air bronchogram
Collapse (atelectasis) overview
Pneumonectomy
Solitary mass lesion
Multiple mass lesions
Cavitating lung lesion
Fibrosis
Pneumothorax
Tension pneumothorax
Hydropneumothorax
Pleural effusion
Pulmonary oedema
Septal lines
Asbestos-related lung disease
Chapter 8 C – Circulation
How to review the heart and mediastinum
What to look for
Dextrocardia
Cardiomegaly (enlarged heart)
Left atrial enlargement
Widened mediastinum
Hilar enlargement
Hiatus hernia
Chapter 9 D – Disability
How to review the bones
What to look for
Fractures
Sclerotic and lucent bone lesions
Chapter 10 E – Everything else (review areas)
How to look at the review areas
What to look for
Gas under the diaphragm (pneumoperitoneum)
Subcutaneous emphysema/surgical emphysema
Mastectomy
Medical and surgical objects (iatrogenic)
Foreign bodies
Part III Common conditions and their radiological signs
Chapter 11 Common conditions and their radiological signs: Common conditions and their radiological signs
Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Primary lung malignancy
Pneumonia
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Heart failure
Tuberculosis
Glossary
Index
EULA
