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Interpretation of Emergency Head CT: A Practical Handbook
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Edition:
- 2nd
- Author:
- Holmes, Erskine J.; Misra, Rakesh R.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN:
- 978-1-10-749593-7
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 74
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Description
This easy-to-read handbook offers clinicians a practical system for interpreting emergency head CT.
This image driven book covers a wide spectrum of conditions likely to be encountered in everyday clinical practice. Practical tips for recognizing subtle pathology, through to the more obvious, are supplemented by easy-to-interpret diagrams. New topics have been added since the first edition, including trauma CT cervical spine interpretation, and an up-to-date section on acute stroke. In addition to the clinical chapters, this Handbook provides simplified technical details, and a brief historical background, making it an excellent reference manual and learning aide for all clinicians with an interest in emergency CT head interpretation.
Key features:
This image driven book covers a wide spectrum of conditions likely to be encountered in everyday clinical practice. Practical tips for recognizing subtle pathology, through to the more obvious, are supplemented by easy-to-interpret diagrams. New topics have been added since the first edition, including trauma CT cervical spine interpretation, and an up-to-date section on acute stroke. In addition to the clinical chapters, this Handbook provides simplified technical details, and a brief historical background, making it an excellent reference manual and learning aide for all clinicians with an interest in emergency CT head interpretation.
Key features:
- Covers a wide range of conditions relating to emergency head CT, allowing the variety of specialist groups needing to interpret these conditions to develop these skills
- Includes a large number of heightened resolution CT plates showing subtle and obvious anomalies, with the accompanying text limited to precise details
- Cervical spine CT interpretation and an extended review of normal anatomy have been added to this second edition
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Holmes, Erskine J.; Misra, Rakesh R.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-10-749593-7
- Specialty:
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- Emergency Medicine & Trauma
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 2nd
- Pages:
- 148
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 74