Emergency radiology: imaging and intervention

Borut Marincek, Borut Marincek;Robert F. Dondelinger9783540262275, 354026227X, 9783540689089, 3540689087

Recent progress in the management and the treatment of acute and life-threatening conditions has resulted in many countries in a new clinical subspecialty: emergency medicine. Well-defined diagnostic strategies are of primordial importance in order to ensure optimal and fast global care of the acutely ill or multitrauma patient who enters the emergency department of the hospital. As in many other areas of modern medicine, radiological diagnosis and intervention play a key role in the correct handling of these patients and it is imperative that radiologists schould be well aware and well informed about all actual trends and concepts in this rapidly growing field.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Preface……Page 5
Foreword……Page 6
Contents……Page 7
List of Contributors……Page 11
Section 1 – Emergency Radiology: Role of Imaging……Page 17
1.1 Role of Imaging in the Management of Trauma Victims……Page 19
1.2 Role of 3D Imaging in the Emergency Room……Page 41
Section 2 – Traumatic Injuries: Imaging and Intervention……Page 55
2.1 Hemostatic Arterial Embolization in Trauma Victims at Admission……Page 57
2.2 Imaging and Intervention in Post-traumatic Complications……Page 77
2.3 Imaging of Head Injuries……Page 115
2.4 Imaging of Facial Injuries……Page 141
2.5 Imaging of Spinal Injuries……Page 157
2.6 Imaging of Thoracic Injuries……Page 171
2.7 Vascular Injuries of the Thorax……Page 195
2.8 Imaging of Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries……Page 205
2.9 Imaging and Intervention of Large Arterial Trauma……Page 221
2.10 Pelvic Fractures……Page 241
2.11 Traumatic Injuries: Imaging of Peripheral Musculoskeletal Injuries……Page 267
Section 3 – Non-Traumatic Neurologic Emergencies: Imaging and Intervention……Page 307
3.1 Imaging of Cerebral Ischemia……Page 309
3.2 Neuroradiological Emergency Interventions……Page 329
Section 4 – Non-Traumatic Thoracic Emergencies: Imaging and Intervention……Page 346
4.1 Acute Chest Pain: Diagnostic Strategies……Page 347
4.2 CT Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism……Page 363
4.3 CT Venography in an Integrated Diagnostic Strategy of Acute Pulmonary Embolism and Venous Thrombosis……Page 387
4.4 Imaging and Treatment of Thoracic Fluid and Gas Collections……Page 407
Section 5 – Non-Traumatic Abdominal Emergencies: Imaging and Intervention……Page 426
5.1 Acute Abdominal Pain: Diagnostic Strategies……Page 427
5.2 Imaging of Acute Intestinal Obstruction……Page 451
5.3 Imaging and Intervention in Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Ischemia……Page 469
5.4 Imaging and Intervention in Sepsis……Page 487
5.5 Imaging and Intervention in Acute Biliary Conditions……Page 497
5.6 Imaging and Intervention in Acute Pancreatic Conditions……Page 509
5.7 Non-traumatic Uroradiological Emergencies……Page 539
Section 6 – Non-Traumatic Vascular Emergencies: Imaging and Intervention……Page 553
6.1 Imaging and Intervention in Acute Non-Traumatic Arterial Conditions……Page 555
6.2 Imaging and Intervention in Acute Venous Occlusion……Page 565
6.3 Management of Occluded Hemodialysis Shunts, Grafts, and Venous Access……Page 587
Section 7 – Imaging Pediatric Emergencies……Page 597
7.1 Pediatric Neurological Emergencies……Page 599
7.2 Thoracic Emergencies……Page 617
7.3 Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies……Page 637
Subject Index……Page 663