Diagnostic images provide crucial information for the emergent care of
the critically sick and injured. Effective clinical care requires expertise
in the rapid and accurate interpretation of the many radiographic studies
and their nuances used in the emergency department setting. The Atlas of
Emergency Radiology provides nearly 1500 carefully selected diagnostic
images combined with succinct descriptions of the radiographic features of
over 330 emergent medical diagnoses to facilitate its readers in acquiring
this expertise.
The Atlas of Emergency
Radiology is modeled after The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, Third
Edition, in which the chapters are organized by anatomic region with a
variety of medical conditions presented in each chapter. Similarly, The
Atlas of Emergency Radiology is divided into 12 chapters by anatomic
region and further divided into traumatic or nontraumatic conditions. All
chapters are co-written by practicing radiologists and emergency physicians
to maximize the expertise in describing the radiographic findings of each
diagnosis and then the clinical applications of these findings. One
specialty chapter on pediatrics is included.
Each
medical condition is presented in the following format: radiographic
summary, clinical implications, and radiographic pearls. The radiographic
summary succinctly describes the radiographic findings necessary to
support the diagnosis. The clinical implications section provides a
rationale to bridge the radiographic findings to the clinical findings. Each
diagnosis concludes with 2-4 radiographic pearls, choice tips, or
unique aspects about the condition.
The editors
wish to thank our colleagues in the radiology and emergency medicine
departments at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for their congenial
collaboration and for providing their expertise and valuable time in the
preparation of the content. We also wish to express our gratitude to Dr.
Anne Sydor, Executive Editor at McGraw-Hill Medical, Amber Allen, Managing
Editor of Integra-Chicago, and Charu Bansal, Production Manager of Thompson
Digital for their tireless efforts to make this book an academic work of
excellence. Finally, we want to thank the users of this book and trust that
it will serve you well as you care for your patients.
Jake Block, MD
Martin I. Jordanov, MD
Lawrence B. Stack, MD
R. Jason Thurman, MD