Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test

Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test
Author: Susanna Lee
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642157726

Owing to financial constraints, greater pressure is being put on physicians to order only appropriate radiologic exams. The American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria have emerged as a widely accepted standard by which the appropriate use of radiologic exams is judged. This book enables physicians and trainees to learn the ACR recommendations in a clinically relevant and intellectually stimulating way. More than 400 clinical scenarios are organized into ten modules based on organ systems. Each scenario is addressed by means of an interactive quiz in which the reader is invited to select the best option from various imaging modalities. Each choice is given a numerical rating of appropriateness, with accompanying comments when necessary. Correlative images of pathologies are included to enhance the reader’s appreciation of the diagnostic power of the modality in question. This book is ideal as a tool both for self-study and for quantitative evaluation of students’ knowledge.

Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test

Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test
Author: Gary X. Wang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 947
Release: 2021-05-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030651851

This book will enable practicing physicians and trainees to learn, in a clinically relevant and intellectually stimulating way, guidelines for appropriate ordering of imaging exams. The new edition provides more than 460 clinical case scenarios, organized into subspecialty modules (breast, cardiac, thoracic, gastrointestinal, urologic, women's, pediatric, vascular, musculoskeletal, and neurologic imaging). Each scenario is presented as a quiz in which the reader is invited to select the best option from various imaging modalities. All choices are given ratings of appropriateness and is consistent with the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria. Furthermore, a brief solution to each case is included. Finally, over 500 radiologic images are included each associated with a clinical case to illustrate the diagnostic capabilities of the imaging exam. This second edition incorporates new content and revisions to remain consistent with the updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria since the original publication in 2012. It will be an ideal tool both for self-study and for quantitative evaluation of students’ knowledge.

Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test

Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test
Author: Gary X. Wang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-11-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9783030569372

This book will enable practicing physicians and trainees to learn, in a clinically relevant and intellectually stimulating way, guidelines for appropriate ordering of imaging exams. The new edition is published in two independent, self-contained volumes on breast, cardiac, thoracic, gastrointestinal, urologic, women’s, pediatric, and vascular imaging (volume 1) and musculoskeletal and neurologic imaging (volume 2). In total, more than 460 clinical case scenarios are provided, organized into ten subspecialty modules. Each scenario is presented as a quiz in which the reader is invited to select the best option from various imaging modalities. All choices are given ratings of appropriateness and is consistent with the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria. Furthermore, a brief solution to each case is included. Finally, over 500 radiologic images are included each associated with a clinical case to illustrate the diagnostic capabilities of the imaging exam. This second edition incorporates new content and revisions to remain consistent with the updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria since the original publication in 2012. It will be an ideal tool both for self-study and for quantitative evaluation of students’ knowledge.

Becoming a Radiologic Technologist

Becoming a Radiologic Technologist
Author: Jeremy Enfinger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2012-06-30
Genre: Allied health personnel
ISBN: 9781478170440

This book is intended be used as a resource for people interested in or who are taking their prerequisite courses for becoming a Radiologic Technologist. There are many aspects to researching schools, the health care job market, and keys to success within the field of radiology. There are also many pitfalls like institutions that claim to qualify students to be able to work in a hospital as an x-ray tech after completion of their program, but do not meet accreditation standards needed to acquire the necessary credentials. This guide will provide everything the potential x-ray student needs to research accredited schools, be successful in a radiography program, and stand out among peers to gain a competitive edge when seeking a job after graduation.

Uncommon Gynecologic Cancers

Uncommon Gynecologic Cancers
Author: Marcela del Carmen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118655354

Rare gynecological cancers kill all too commonly Gynecological cancer is a frightening prospect for women. It is terrifying also for physicians who need, but often can’t find, guidance on how to investigate and appropriately treat the tumors. Rare cancers provide greater challenges as information can be harder to find and more difficult to verify. Rare Gynecologic Cancers: Diagnosis and Management brings together all you need to know on these life-threatening diseases. Straightforward summaries of pathophysiologic processes lead to the investigations that will improve your diagnostic accuracy. This provides the basis for you to identify effective treatment strategies for your patients. Written by a world-leading team of Editors and Authors and covering cancers of the • Ovaries • Uterus • Vulva • Vagina • Cervix Rare Gynecologic Cancers: Diagnosis and Management will guide you to the best life-saving treatment for your patients.

Imaging of Foreign Bodies

Imaging of Foreign Bodies
Author: Antonio Pinto
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-10-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 8847054060

Most ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without a problem. However, both ingested and inserted foreign bodies may cause bowel obstruction or perforation or lead to severe hemorrhage, abscess formation, or septicemia. Foreign body aspiration is common in children, especially those under 3 years of age, and in these cases chest radiography and CT are the main imaging modalities. This textbook provides a thorough overview of the critical role of diagnostic imaging in the assessment of patients with suspected foreign body ingestion, aspiration, or insertion. A wide range of scenarios are covered, from the common problem of foreign body ingestion or aspiration in children and mentally handicapped adults through to drug smuggling by body packing and gunshot wounds. Guidance is offered on diagnostic protocols, and the value of different imaging modalities in different situations is explained. Helpful management tips are also provided. This textbook will prove invaluable for residents in radiology, radiologists, and physicians who are involved on a daily basis, within an emergency department, in the management of patients with suspected ingestion, aspiration, or insertion of foreign bodies.​

Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician E-Book

Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician E-Book
Author: Joshua S. Broder
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 899
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1437735878

Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician, written and edited by a practicing emergency physician for emergency physicians, takes a step-by-step approach to the selection and interpretation of commonly ordered diagnostic imaging tests. Dr. Joshua Broder presents validated clinical decision rules, describes time-efficient approaches for the emergency physician to identify critical radiographic findings that impact clinical management and discusses hot topics such as radiation risks, oral and IV contrast in abdominal CT, MRI versus CT for occult hip injury, and more. Diagnostic Imaging for the Emergency Physician has been awarded a 2011 PROSE Award for Excellence for the best new publication in Clinical Medicine. - Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. - Choose the best test for each indication through clear explanations of the "how" and "why" behind emergency imaging. - Interpret head, spine, chest, and abdominal CT images using a detailed and efficient approach to time-sensitive emergency findings. - Stay on top of current developments in the field, including evidence-based analysis of tough controversies - such as indications for oral and IV contrast in abdominal CT and MRI versus CT for occult hip injury; high-risk pathology that can be missed by routine diagnostic imaging - including subarachnoid hemorrhage, bowel injury, mesenteric ischemia, and scaphoid fractures; radiation risks of diagnostic imaging - with practical summaries balancing the need for emergency diagnosis against long-terms risks; and more. - Optimize diagnosis through evidence-based guidelines that assist you in discussions with radiologists, coverage of the limits of "negative" or "normal" imaging studies for safe discharge, indications for contrast, and validated clinical decision rules that allow reduced use of diagnostic imaging. - Clearly recognize findings and anatomy on radiographs for all major diagnostic modalities used in emergency medicine from more than 1000 images. - Find information quickly and easily with streamlined content specific to emergency medicine written and edited by an emergency physician and organized by body system.

The Nurse Practitioner in Urology

The Nurse Practitioner in Urology
Author: Susanne A. Quallich
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030452670

This new edition updates the previous one and adds additional content related to postoperative management, pain management, LGBTQ care, and uroradiology. This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses globally and physician assistants working in urology. Content assumes some background knowledge regarding the normal anatomy and physiology of the genitourinary system and the pathophysiology underlying specific urologic health-related problems. This ensures that the provider can pursue exemplary management of patients with acute and chronic urologic conditions in a wide variety of settings, including independent practices, and academic urologic practices. This manual fills the gaps that traditional curricula may have left, permitting the reader to proceed with confident management of adult patients with urologic care needs, promoting the role of a skilled clinician in urology, especially for chronic, non-operative urologic conditions while recognizing those conditions which may benefit from surgical management.As the burden of urologic disease increases with an aging U.S. population, it is increasingly clear that nurse practitioners and physician assistants will be called on to move into roles caring for patients with urologic disease. Use of NPs and PAs to their highest education will become an increasingly important strategy for maintaining access and reducing costs, in the context of urologist workforce that is shrinking. However, urology topics receive sporadic attention in NP and PA curricula, leaving practicing NPs and PAs with gaps in their knowledge concerning trends and recommendations for management of urologic health conditions. As this demand for provider visits for urologic concerns increases, the demand for provider services to care for patients with urologic health concerns will also increase, and presents the opportunity for both NPs and PAs to move into specialty practice environments within urology.

Radiology Strategies

Radiology Strategies
Author: Julia Fielding
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2009-12-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0190208252

As physicians become more dependent upon radiologic tests for information, it is imperative that they have correct information on how and when to order them. Radiology Strategies is designed to help the medical student and non-radiology practitioner learn to make effective use of radiologic tests based on a patient's signs and symptoms. Signs and symptoms for the most commonly encountered disease processes are covered in clinical vignettes that systematically discuss: case history; background; test rationale; test of choice; radiologic images demonstrating the findings that make the diagnosis; and evidence-based references. Introductory chapters cover radiation safety; use of contrast agents; how a radiologic test can be chosen effectively based on specificity, accuracy, and pre-test likelihood of disease; and general guidelines on when and why to choose a particular imaging modality (i.e., CT, MRI, plain film). Quick reference features such as decision algorithms, an index of common signs and symptoms and a convenient two-page spread that ensures concise, at-a-glance coverage of topics make this an indispensible study aid as well as a quick reference handbook in the clinic and on the ward.

Examination Review for Radiography

Examination Review for Radiography
Author: Shelley Giordano
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2013-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1469852799

Examination Review for Radiography is an engaging print and online resource that is the perfect way to prepare for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) general radiography registry examination. Featuring an online exam simulator that contains more than 2,000 multiple-choice questions directly correlated to the AART’s content specifications, Examination Review for Radiography is the only book on the market that makes it possible to take as many as three online 220-question mock registry exams without ever duplicating a question! Online practice tests can be timed (to simulate the actual three-hour certification exam) or untimed to help build speed and confidence. Also included are a sample printed exam, 15review questions at the end of each chapter, and two comprehensive 220-question multiple-choice exams at the end of the book. Answers to all book questions are provided, along with rationales and page numbers to make it easy to fill in any gaps in knowledge.