Emergency Neuroradiology

Tommaso Scarabino, Ugo Salvolini, Randy J. Jinkins9783540296263, 3540296263, 9783540299417, 3540299416

The book is directed at emergency radiologists and neuroradiologists. It aims at providing exhaustive information that will help the reader understand the clinical problems in the full range of neurological emergencies and to select the methodological and technical options that will ensure prompt and effective response and correct interpretation of the clinical findings.

The various chapters address the most common neuroradiological emergencies, summarize their fundamental physiopathological features, describe the main semiological and differential diagnostic features, and provide operative suggestions for the selection of the appropriate techniques to be applied in a sequential order.

The book addresses the application of state-of-the-art techniques and their implications for clinical practice (particularly the contributions of standard and functional MRI and of spiral and multislice CT). The illustrations provide not only training but also reference material for routine clinical work.

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Table of contents :
cover.pdf……Page 1
Contents……Page 7
Cerebrovascular emergencies……Page 11
1.1 CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC SUMMARY……Page 12
1.2 CT IN ISCHAEMIA……Page 16
1.3 CT IN INTRAPARENCHYMAL HAEMORRHAGE……Page 36
1.4 CT USE IN SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE……Page 58
1.5 MRI IN ISCHAEMIA……Page 71
1.6 FUNCTIONAL MRI IN ISCHAEMIA……Page 80
1.7 MRI IN HAEMORRHAGE……Page 90
1.8 ULTRASOUND……Page 100
1.9 MR ANGIOGRAPHY……Page 108
1.10 CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY……Page 124
II HEAD INJURIES……Page 136
2.1 CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC SUMMARY……Page 137
2.2 CT IN HEAD INJURIES……Page 142
2.3 MRI IN HEAD INJURIES……Page 168
2.4 CT IN FACIAL TRAUMA……Page 184
III INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION……Page 197
3.1 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND IMAGING……Page 198
3.2 NEOPLASTIC CRANIOCEREBRAL EMERGENCIES……Page 216
3.3 ANGIOGRAPHY IN BRAIN TUMOURS……Page 231
IV EMERGENCY NEURORESUSCITATION……Page 240
4.1 TOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHY……Page 241
4.2 THE NEURORADIOLOGICAL APPROACH to patients in coma……Page 253
4.3 NUCLEAR MEDICINE IN NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES……Page 265
4.4 DIAGNOSING BRAIN DEATH……Page 274
4.5 POSTSURGICAL CRANIOSPINAL EMERGENCIES……Page 282
V SPINAL EMERGENCIES……Page 294
5.1 CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC SUMMARY……Page 295
5.2 CT IN SPINAL TRAUMA EMERGENCIES……Page 297
5.3 MRI IN EMERGENCY SPINAL TRAUMA CASES……Page 319
5.4 EMERGENCY IMAGING OF THE SPINE IN THE NON-TRAUMA PATIENT……Page 334
VI NEUROPAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES……Page 365
6 NEUROPAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES……Page 366
INDEX……Page 397