Erskine J. Holmes, Rakesh R. Misra

Interpretation of Emergency Head CT

A Practical Handbook

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781107495937
• ISBN-10: 1107495938
• Artikelnr.: 47376508

Autorenporträt

Erskine J. Holmes is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Craigavon Area Hospital, Northern Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

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.