Product Description

Effectively and confidently interpret even the most challenging radiographic study

A Doody's Core Title!

"...should be a part of every emergency medicine resident's personal library. In addition to residents, I would highly recommend this book to medical students, midlevel providers and any other physician who is interested in improving their ability to interpret radiographic studies necessary to diagnose common emergency medicine patient complaints."--Annals of Emergency Medicine

4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"The purpose is to help improve the reader's skills in ordering and interpreting radiographs. The focus is on conventional radiographs, as well as noncontrast head CT. For emergency physicians this is a vital skill, which can greatly aid in making difficult diagnoses. The book is well written and thorough in addressing how to read radiographs, as well as covering easy to miss findings. The numerous pictures and radiographs are invaluable in demonstrating the author's teaching points and in engaging the reader in the clinical cases....This well written book will be extremely useful for practicing emergency physicians. The clinical cases are interesting and help challenge the reader to improve their skills at evaluating radiographs more thoroughly."--Doody's Review Service

Emergency Radiology: Case Studies is a one-of-a-kind text specifically designed to help you fine-tune your emergency radiographic interpretation and problem-solving skills. Illustrated with hundreds of high-resolution images, this reference covers the full range of clinical problems in which radiographic studies play a key role. Dr. David Schwartz, a leading educator, takes you step-by-step through the radiographic analysis of medical, surgical, and traumatic disorders, giving you an unparalleled review of the use and interpretation of radiographic studies in emergency diagnosis.

Features

• 55 cases studies that highlight challenging areas in emergency diagnosis, including imaging studies with subtle, equivocal, or potentially misleading findings
• Detailed coverage of the broad spectrum of disorders for which radiographs are utilized in emergency practice
• Coverage of chest and abdominal radiology, the extremities, cervical spine and facial radiology, and head CT
• Cohesive template for each chapter, beginning with a case presentation, followed by a comprehensive discussion of the disorder under consideration
• Sections begin with an overview of the pertinent radiographic technique, anatomy, and method of radiographic interpretation
• Diagnosis-accelerating radiographs, ultrasound images, CT scans, and MR images
• Invaluable “pearls and pitfalls” of radiographic interpretation (20081110)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #150575 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 559 pages

Review
"... puts a new spin on learning how to read radiographs. ... Dr. Schwartz has a wonderful way of distilling the important points into manageable pieces of information for the reader. ... The case approach definitely makes the book more appealing ...

... Emergency Radiology: Case Studies should be a part of every emergency medicine resident's personal library. In addition, I would highly recommend this book to medical students, midlevel providers and any other physician who is interested in improving their ability to interpret radiographic studies necessary to diagnose common emergency medicine patient complaints."

-- Susan B. Promes, MD, University of California San Francisco --Annals of Emergency Medicine, September 2008

Review
"Highly Commended" -- 2008 Book Competition Awards, British Medical Association

About the Author

David T. Schwartz, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Bellevue Hospital and New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

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Customer Reviews

Great!
Excellent book with beautiful images... one of the better EM books I have seen. I loved the case based approach. A must have for any EM doc. If I am not mistaken, the other reviews are for a different text... the older radiology textbook.

Great Radiology Book not just for EM
As a 4th year Medical Student interested in internal medicine, I used this book during my radiology elective. It was an excellent case based approach to learning the essentials of radiology. An easy to follow descriptive approach began each section and was reinforced by the cases that followed. This book provided me with an excellent ability to read films and the confidence that I am not missing key findings.

Excellent Introduction to Radiology
I'm a 4th year medical student heading in to emergency medicine. I read this book during my radiology elective and found it extremely helpful. Dr. Schwartz's very readable case-based text was an insightful introduction in to basic radiology. The book taught me HOW to read many common studies as well as WHERE to focus. Highly recommended to all who could use a broad introduction to emergency (and general) radiology.