Whether you are a emergency medicine physician, a radiology resident or a body imager with 20 years’ experience this title is for you. Chapters present both key and unusual presentations of pathology and will be templated to include: Typical presentation; variants; mimickers and pitfalls. Covering radiation concerns when using total body CT for trauma assessment, and trauma in the pregnant patient.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Foreword - p. vii 7. Preface - p. ix 8. Contributors - p. xi 9. Chapter 1. Strategies for Reducing Radiation Exposure From Multidetector Computed Tomography in the Acute Care Setting - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Image Management in Emergency Radiology - p. 13 11. Section I. Craniocerebral Orbital-Maxillo-Facial Emergencies - p. 17 12. Chapter 3. Craniocerebral Trauma - p. 20 13. Chapter 4. Nontraumatic Brain Emergencies - p. 53 14. Chapter 5. Face and Neck Emergencies - p. 102 15. Section II. Spine Emergencies - p. 139 16. Chapter 6. Spinal Trauma - p. 142 17. Chapter 7. Nontraumatic Spine Emergencies - p. 165 18. Section III. Thoracic Emergency Radiology - p. 170 19. Chapter 8. Blunt Chest Trauma - p. 172 20. Chapter 9. Nontraumatic, Nonvascular Chest Emergencies - p. 217 21. Chapter 10. Vascular Chest Emergencies - p. 231 22. Section IV. Abdominal Emergencies - p. 242 23. Chapter 11. Blunt Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Trauma - p. 244 24. Chapter 12. Imaging of Penetrating Trauma to the Torso and Chest - p. 317 25. Chapter 13. Nontraumatic Abdominal Emergencies - p. 368 26. Gastric and Duodenal Emergencies - p. 368 27. Small Bowel Obstruction and Inflammation - p. 379 28. Colorectal Emergencies - p. 395 29. Abdominal Vascular Emergencies - p. 406 30. Renal and Adrenal Emergencies - p. 414 31. Spleen, Peritoneum, and Abdominal Wall - p. 425 32. Acute Pancreatitis - p. 431 33. Hepatic Emergencies - p. 441 34. Biliary Tract Emergencies - p. 451 35. Nontraumatic Pelvic Emergencies - p. 458 36. Section V. Musculoskeletal Emergencies - p. 466 37. Chapter 14. Upper Extremity - p. 468 38. Chapter 15. Lower Extremity - p. 499 39. Chapter 16. Pelvis - p. 538 40. Chapter 17. Emergent Soft Tissue Conditions - p. 551 41. Index - p. 559
Whether you are a emergency medicine physician, a radiology resident or a body imager with 20 years’ experience this title is for you. Chapters present both key and unusual presentations of pathology and will be templated to include: Typical presentation; variants; mimickers and pitfalls. Covering radiation concerns when using total body CT for trauma assessment, and trauma in the pregnant patient.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Foreword - p. vii 7. Preface - p. ix 8. Contributors - p. xi 9. Chapter 1. Strategies for Reducing Radiation Exposure From Multidetector Computed Tomography in the Acute Care Setting - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Image Management in Emergency Radiology - p. 13 11. Section I. Craniocerebral Orbital-Maxillo-Facial Emergencies - p. 17 12. Chapter 3. Craniocerebral Trauma - p. 20 13. Chapter 4. Nontraumatic Brain Emergencies - p. 53 14. Chapter 5. Face and Neck Emergencies - p. 102 15. Section II. Spine Emergencies - p. 139 16. Chapter 6. Spinal Trauma - p. 142 17. Chapter 7. Nontraumatic Spine Emergencies - p. 165 18. Section III. Thoracic Emergency Radiology - p. 170 19. Chapter 8. Blunt Chest Trauma - p. 172 20. Chapter 9. Nontraumatic, Nonvascular Chest Emergencies - p. 217 21. Chapter 10. Vascular Chest Emergencies - p. 231 22. Section IV. Abdominal Emergencies - p. 242 23. Chapter 11. Blunt Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Trauma - p. 244 24. Chapter 12. Imaging of Penetrating Trauma to the Torso and Chest - p. 317 25. Chapter 13. Nontraumatic Abdominal Emergencies - p. 368 26. Gastric and Duodenal Emergencies - p. 368 27. Small Bowel Obstruction and Inflammation - p. 379 28. Colorectal Emergencies - p. 395 29. Abdominal Vascular Emergencies - p. 406 30. Renal and Adrenal Emergencies - p. 414 31. Spleen, Peritoneum, and Abdominal Wall - p. 425 32. Acute Pancreatitis - p. 431 33. Hepatic Emergencies - p. 441 34. Biliary Tract Emergencies - p. 451 35. Nontraumatic Pelvic Emergencies - p. 458 36. Section V. Musculoskeletal Emergencies - p. 466 37. Chapter 14. Upper Extremity - p. 468 38. Chapter 15. Lower Extremity - p. 499 39. Chapter 16. Pelvis - p. 538 40. Chapter 17. Emergent Soft Tissue Conditions - p. 551 41. Index - p. 559
