Problem Solving in Emergency Radiology

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• Focus on the core knowledge needed for successful results with templated, concise chapters containing both traditional and unusual presentations of pathology. Each chapter will include: Typical Presentation; Variants; Mimickers (what looks like this pathology, but isn’t); and Pitfalls (how a diagnosis can be missed and how to avoid it).
• Stay up to date on today's hot topics in radiology, including radiation concerns when using total body CT for trauma assessment; trauma in the pregnant patient; imaging pediatric craniocerebral trauma; and penetrating trauma to the torso and chest.
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1. Chapter 1: Strategies for Reducing Radiation Exposure from MDCT in the Acute Care Setting

2. Chapter 2: Image Management in Emergency Radiology

3. Chapter 3: Craniocerebral Trauma

Ch. 3 Section 1: Traumatic Brain Injury

Ch. 3 Section 2: Skull Base and Temporal Bone Fractures

4. Chapter 4: Non-traumatic Brain Emergencies

Ch. 4 Section 1: Intracranial Hemorrhage

Ch. 4 Section 2: Intracranial Infections

Ch. 4 Section 3: Stroke

Ch. 4 Section 4: Acute Presentation of Neoplasm

5. Chapter 5: Face and Neck Emergencies

Ch. 5 Section 1: Midfacial Trauma

Ch. 5 Section 2: Craniocervical Vascular Injury

Ch. 5 Section 3: Neck and Facial Infections

Ch. 5 Section 4: Traumatic Orbital Emergencies

Ch. 5 Section 5: Non-traumatic Orbital Emergencies

6. Chapter 6: Spinal Trauma

Ch 6: Section 1: Cervical Spine

Ch 6: Section 2: Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

7. Chapter 7: Non-traumatic Spine Emergencies

8. Chapter 8: Blunt Chest Trauma

9. Chapter 9: Nonvascular Chest Emergencies

10. Chapter 10: Vascular Chest Emergencies

11. Chapter 11: Blunt Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Trauma

Ch. 11 Section 1: CT Protocol and Scan Optimization

Ch. 11 Section 2: Sonography

Ch. 11 Section 3: Solid Intraperitoneal Organ Injury

Ch. 11 Section 4: Gallbladder & Biliary System Injury

Ch. 11 Section 5: Pancreatic Injury

Ch. 11 Section 6: Bowel and Mesenteric Injury

Ch. 11 Section 7: Urinary System Injury

12. Chapter 12: Imaging of Penetrating Trauma of the Torso and

13. Chapter 13: Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies

Ch. 13 Section 1: Gastric and Duodenal Emergencies

Ch. 13 Section 2: Small Bowel Obstruction and Inflammation

Ch. 13 Section 3: Colo-rectal Emergencies

Ch. 13 Section 4: Abdominal Vascular Emergencies

Ch. 13 Section 5: Renal and Adrenal Emergencies

Ch. 13 Section 6: Spleen, Peritoneum, and Abdominal Wall

Ch. 13 Section 7: Acute Pancreatitis

Ch. 13: Section 8: Hepatic inflammation and infections

Ch. 13 Section 9: Biliary tract emergencies

14. Chapter 14: Upper Extremity

Ch. 14 Section 1: Shoulder

Ch. 14 Section 2 & 3 (Elbow and Forearm)

Ch. 14 Section 4 & 5 (Wrist and Hand)

15. Chapter 15: Lower Extremity

Ch. 15 Section 1: Hip/Proximal Femur

Ch. 15 Section 2: Knee

Ch. 15 Section 3 & 4 (Ankle and Foot)

Chapter 16 Section 1: Pelvis Fractures

Chapter 16 Section 2: Acetabular fracture

17. Chapter 17: Emergent Soft Tissue Conditions