Chest X-Ray Made Easy, 5E

• Concise and succinct - makes interpretation of chest X-rays as simple as possible
• Comprehensive but easy to understand
• Specifically designed for junior doctors and students
• New chapter on what and when to request, and how to do that
• New images throughout, including obvious and subtle examples of abnormalities
• Includes CT images and how they correlate with chest X-rays
• Sections on radiation doses and indications for chest X-rays
• Sections on chest X-ray appearances in COVID-19
• Updated section on imaging in pregnancy
• Features interpretation of placement of lines, tubes, and of complications
• Quiz section to test knowledge
• Established title that is trusted internationally

1 What and when to request and how this is done
2 How to look at a chest X-ray
3 The CT scan
4 The Lateral Chest X-Ray
5 The white lung field
6 The black lung field
7 The abnormal hilum
8 The abnormal heart shadow
9 The widened mediastinum
10 Abnormal ribs
11 Abnormal soft tissues
12 The sick patient
13 The hidden abnormality
14 The chest x-ray quiz

By Jonathan Corne, MA, PhD, MB BS, FRCP, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham; Head of the East Midlands Postgraduate Specialty School of Medicine, Health Education, East Midlands, UK and Iain Au-Yong, MA, BMBCh, MRCS, FRCR, Consultant Thoracic, Head and Neck and General Radiologist at Nottingham University Hospitals, , Nottingham, UK