Interpreting Chest X-Rays

Radiological imaging is now accessible to a wide range of healthcare workers, many of whom are increasingly taking on extended roles. This book will equip all healthcare professionals, including medical students, chest physicians, radiographers and radiologists, with the techniques and knowledge required to interpret plain chest radiographs.

It is not an exhaustive text, but concentrates on interpretive skills and pattern recognition - these help the reader to understand the pitfalls and spot the clues that will allow them to correctly interpret the chest X-rays they will encounter in their daily practice.

Interpreting Chest X-Rays is a handy ready reference that will help you to avoid making errors interpreting CXRs and decide for example:

if a temporary pacing wire has been inserted correctly

whether the shadows you can see are real abnormalities

if all chest tubes and lines are located appropriately in an ITU patient

what further imaging may assist interpretation of an apparent abnormality

whether a post-surgical chest is significantly abnormal

what organism might be causing an infection

why a patient is short of breath

whether patient positioning accounts for an abnormal appearance of a CXR

what impact radiographic technique has had on the appearance of pathology