Table of Contents

Front Matter

Copyright

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCE: NORMAL CXR

Part A: Core Knowledge

Chapter 1: CHEST RADIOLOGY: THE BASIC BASICS

Chapter 2: THE LATERAL CXR

Chapter 3: ALVEOLAR DISEASE VERSUS INTERSTITIAL DISEASE

Chapter 4: PNEUMONIA AND THE SILHOUETTE SIGN

Chapter 5: LOBAR COLLAPSE

Chapter 6: HILA AND HILAR ABNORMALITIES

Chapter 7: PLEURAL ABNORMALITIES

Chapter 8: MEDIASTINUM: ANATOMY, MASSES AND AIR

Chapter 9: PATTERNS IN 21ST CENTURY LUNG INFECTIONS

Chapter 10: BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA

Chapter 11: CARDIAC DISEASE

Chapter 12: PACEMAKER ASSESSMENT

Chapter 13: PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE THERAPY UNIT

Chapter 14: PARTICULAR PAEDIATRIC POINTS

Chapter 15: THE NEONATAL CXR

Chapter 16: THE RADIOLOGIST’S TOOLBOX

Part B: Clinical Problems

Chapter 17: THE CXR: ITS IMPACT ON CLINICAL DECISION MAKING

Chapter 18: ANALYSIS: ONE LUNG LOOKS BLACKER

Chapter 19: ANALYSIS: WHITE OUT

Chapter 20: ANALYSIS: SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE

Chapter 21: ANALYSIS: MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES

Chapter 22: SUSPECTED COPD

Chapter 23: SUSPECTED ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Chapter 24: SUSPECTED AORTIC DISSECTION

Chapter 25: SUSPECTED METASTATIC DISEASE

Chapter 26: CHRONIC COUGH: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Chapter 27: CHEST PAIN: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Chapter 28: DYSPNOEA: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Chapter 29: ASTHMATIC ATTACK: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Chapter 30: HAEMOPTYSIS: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Chapter 31: SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Chapter 32: BLUNT TRAUMA: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

INDEX