Accident and Emergency X-Rays Made Easy

This is a basic textbook on Accident and Emergency Radiology for junior doctors, medical students, nurses and radiographers, and other professions allied to medicine. It gives a unique combination of insights into the legal, medical and patients' points of view regarding how X-rays are taken, regulated, interpreted and so easily misinterpreted in the context of accident and emergency departments and their protocols. It emphasises the crucial importance of knowing about normal anatomy and normal variations, and of being fully aware of the enormous scope for error in dealing with such films. It is a must for any doctor aspiring to work in A&E and will provide a powerful body of methods for analyzing the diagnostic quality of and pathology present on X-rays.

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"A basic textbook on Accident and Emergency Radiology for junior doctors, medical students, nurses and radiographers, and other professions allied to medicine. A practical and well-illustrated guide systematically written for easy reference. Plain films are accompanied with background information, and relevant anatomical knowledge to aid understanding. A must for any doctor aspiring to work in A&E and will provide a powerful body of methods for analyzing the diagnostic quality of and pathology present on X-rays." 3rd Year Medical Student, Edinburgh University, September 2004
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Features

# A practical and well-illustrated guide for a topic that is relevant to a large number of trainees in medicine.
# Addresses the limited anatomical knowledge of many trainees working in casualty departments.
# Lively text written with real knowledge of the job involved.
# Thorough coverage of all common conditions.
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Contents

The approach to accident and emergency films
The plain skull X-ray in trauma
The neck
The thoracic spine
The lumbar spine
The shoulder girdle
The upper limb
Upper airway obstruction
The chest X-ray
The abdomen
The pelvis
The hip
The lower limb
Foreign bodies and penetrating injuries
Non-accidental injury
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Index