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Interpretation of Emergency Head CT Erskine J. Holmes

Interpretation of Emergency Head CT By Erskine J. Holmes

Interpretation of Emergency Head CT by Erskine J. Holmes


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Summary

Clinicians use cranial CT in a variety of life-threatening conditions, including acute stroke and trauma. Timely interpretation can facilitate early specialist intervention. This easy-to-read Handbook provides a practical system for interpretation, supplemented by clinical chapters covering wide-ranging pathology and simplified technical details, thereby making it an excellent learning aide.

Interpretation of Emergency Head CT Summary

Interpretation of Emergency Head CT: A Practical Handbook by Erskine J. Holmes

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.

About Erskine J. Holmes

Erskine J. Holmes is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Craigavon Area Hospital, Northern Ireland. Rakesh R. Misra is a Consultant Radiologist at Wycombe Hospital, Buckinghamshire.

Table of Contents

Section 1. Fundamentals of Computer Tomography Imaging: Important anatomical considerations; Section 2. Reviewing a CT Scan: 1. Acute stroke; 2. Subdural haematoma (SDH); 3. Extradural/epidural haematoma; 4. Subarachnoid haemorrhage; 5. Traumatic parenchyma brain injury; 6. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; 7. Hypoxic-ischaemic injury; 8. Skull fractures; 9. Raised intracranial pressure; 10. Hydrocephalus; 11. Meningitis; 12. Cerebral abscess; 13. Arteriovenous malformation; 14. Solitary lesions; 15. Multiple lesions; 16. Neck vessel dissection; Section 3. Cervical Spine: 'ABCS' approach to interpreting multiplanar reformats of the CT cervical spine; Types of spine fracture; Section 4. Self-Assessment Section: Self assessment - answers; Appendix 1. ABCD2 scoring system; Appendix 2. ROSIER score; Appendix 3. NICE acute stroke flow pathway; Appendix 4. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assessment; Appendix 5. NICE guideline for adult CT head; Appendix 6. NICE guideline for adult CT neck; Appendix 7. NICE guideline for paediatric CT head; Appendix 8. NICE guideline for paediatric CT neck; Appendix 9. Information required prior to neurosurgical transfer; Appendix 10. Differential diagnosis for intracerebral lesions.

Additional information

NPB9781107495937
9781107495937
1107495938
Interpretation of Emergency Head CT: A Practical Handbook by Erskine J. Holmes
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2017-05-04
148
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