180 Pages
by
CRC Press
178 Pages
by
CRC Press
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When a patient presents to the emergency department, in the GP practice, or in the outpatient clinic with a range of clinical signs, the chest x-ray is one of the most valuable diagnostic tools available to the attending physician. Accurate interpretation and understanding of the chest x-ray is therefore a crucial skill that all medical students and junior doctors must acquire to formulate quickly... Read more
The systematic approach
The mediastinum and the hila
Consolidation, collapse and cavitation
Pulmonary infiltrates, nodular lesions, ring shadows and calcification
Pleural disease
The hypoxaemic patient with a normal chest radiograph
Practice examples and ‘fascinomas’
Biography
Paul F. Jenkins is Winthrop Professor of Medicine at University of Western Australia, Perth Royal Hospital and Joondalup Health Campus, Perth, Australia
