Issues in Diagnostics and Imaging: 2011 Edition

Issues in Diagnostics and Imaging: 2011 Edition
Author:
Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
Total Pages: 2858
Release: 2012-01-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1464964246

Issues in Diagnostics and Imaging / 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Diagnostics and Imaging. The editors have built Issues in Diagnostics and Imaging: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Diagnostics and Imaging in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Diagnostics and Imaging: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Improving Diagnosis in Health Care

Improving Diagnosis in Health Care
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2015-12-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309377722

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errorsâ€"has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety.

Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging
Author: H. Ric Harnsberger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1046
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Authored by one of the world's preeminent authorities in its field, this new book represents today's best single source of guidance on head and neck diagnostic imaging! It presents more details for each diagnosis · more representative images · more case data · and more current references than any other reference tool. At the same time, its user-friendly format lets readers access all of this information remarkably quickly! Covers the top diagnoses in head and neck imaging, including both common and uncommon entities. Begins each section with a unique chapter on critical anatomical and imaging issues; a clear and concise, contemporary and practical approach covers relevant terminology, spatial anatomy and imaging issues, embryology, and differential diagnoses, both general and specific. Provides exquisitely reproduced imaging examples for every diagnosis-plus concise, bulleted summaries of terminology · imaging findings · key facts · differential diagnosis · pathology · clinical issues · a diagnostic checklist · and selected references. Includes an extensive image gallery for each entity, depicting common and variant cases. Offers vivid, full-color anatomy and pathology drawings. Displays a "thumbnail" visual differential diagnosis for each entity.

Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging
Author: Lane F. Donnelly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 2005
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Covers the top diagnoses in pediatric imaging, including both common and uncommon entities. Provides imaging examples for every diagnosis -- plus concise, bulleted summaries of terminology, imaging findings, key facts, differential diagnosis, pathology and clinical issues. Displays a thumbnail visual differential diagnosis for each entity.

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.

Primer of Diagnostic Imaging

Primer of Diagnostic Imaging
Author: Ralph Weissleder
Publisher: Mosby
Total Pages: 792
Release: 2011
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780323065382

"The purple book," gives you a comprehensive, up-to-date look at diagnostic imaging in an easy-to-read, bulleted format. Drs. Ralph Weissleder, Jack Wittenberg, Mukesh Harisinghani, and John W. Chen combine detailed illustrations and images with guidance on the latest applications of PET, CTA, and MRA into a portable resource for convenient reference wherever you go. Master the latest technologies, including hybrid PET, CTA, and MRA, through updated and expanded coverage of imaging modalities and their applications.

Current Controversies in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America, E-Book

Current Controversies in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America, E-Book
Author: Douglas S. Katz
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0443246270

In this issue of Radiologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Douglas S. Katz and John J. Hines bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Current Evidence for Selected Topics in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. Current evidence in radiology asks the question: what is the most appropriate imaging test on the basis of the best available evidence, the physician's experience, and the patient's expectations? In this issue, top experts review current controversies in radiology and the evidence used to support or contradict the clinical question asked. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including how do we assess controversies using evidence-based radiology?; artificial intelligence in radiology; stroke: controversies in imaging, intervention, and management; manufactured "controversies" have obscured the importance of breast cancer screening; nuclear medicine controversies; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on current evidence for selected topics in diagnostic and interventional radiology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Diagnostic Thoracic Imaging

Diagnostic Thoracic Imaging
Author: Wallace T. Miller
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 894
Release: 2006-04-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071487395

Streamlines Detection and Diagnosis of Thoracic Disorders! Diagnostic Thoracic Imaging provides a heavily illustrated resource for Radiologists and residents pursuing the most up to date information in current chest radiology. Diagnostic Thoracic Imaging illustrates how to apply a highly practical pattern-recognition approach to the rapid detection and diagnosis of chest pathology. This approach trains the reader in the practical systematic evaluation of thoracic disease while providing an indispensable reference for on-the-job problem solving. Diagnostic Thoracic Imaging is the single most comprehensive visual compilation available for thoracic diagnosis, with: More than 2000 multi-modality illustrations Coverage of focal lung diseases...diffuse lung diseases...mediastinal masses...hilar abnormalities...pleural abnormalities A pattern approach to benefit the user in retaining presented information

Prostate Cancer, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

Prostate Cancer, An Issue of Urologic Clinics
Author: Marc A. Bjurlin
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2017-11-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323549063

Dr. Samir Taneja, Consulting Editor, is stepping into the Guest Editor role for this issue of Urologic Clinics devoted to Prostate Cancer. He has assembled top experts to address the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Whom to Biopsy: Pre-Diagnostic Risk Stratification with Biomarkers, Nomograms, and Risk Calculators; How to Biopsy: Transperineal vs. Tranrectal, Saturation vs. Targeted: What’s the Evidence; Pre-Diagnostic Risk and Assessment with Imaging and Image-guided Biopsy; Whom to treat: Post-Diagnostic Risk Assessment with Gleason score, Risk Models, and Genomic Classifier; Strategies for Staging and Utilization of Imaging; Contemporary Active Surveillance: Candidate Selection, Follow-up Tools, and Expected Outcomes; Focal Ablation of Early Stage Prostate Cancer: Candidate Selection, Treatment Guidance, and Assessment of Outcome; Extent of Lymphadenectomy at Time of Prostatectomy: An Evidence-based Approach; How to Radiate the Prostate: Hypofractionation, Sterotactic Body Radiation Therapy, and Conventional Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy; Managing Relapse after Surgical Therapy: Adjuvant vs. Salvage Therapy; Newly diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer – Has the Paradigm Changed; Role of Local therapy in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Should we Expect Cure; Approaching the High-Risk Patient; and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: An Algorithmic Approach. Readers will come away with state-of-the-art information on strategies for diagnosing, treating, and managing prostate cancer.

Diagnostic Imaging: Point-of-care Ultrasound, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, E-Book

Diagnostic Imaging: Point-of-care Ultrasound, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, E-Book
Author: Gregory R. Lisciandro
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2021-10-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323897533

This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Drs. Gregory R. Lisciandro and Jennifer M. Gambino, will cover Diagnostic Imaging: Point-of-care Ultrasound. This is one of six issues each year. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Lung Ultrasound Fundamentals, "Wet versus Dry" Lung, Signs of Consolidation; Lung Ultrasound for Pulmonary Contusions; Lung Ultrasound for Pneumothorax; Ultrasound of the Diaphragm; Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the Cat; Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the Dog; TFAST Accurate Diagnosis of Pleural and Pericardial Effusion, Caudal Vena Cava; AFAST Target-organ Approach and Fluid Scoring System; Ultrasound of the Emergency Renal Patient; Hallmark Sonographic Signs of Ileus, Pneumoperitoneum and Right Upper Quadrant Disease; Thromboembolic Disease; Musculoskeletal; Ocular Abnormalities and Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter; and Global FAST for Patient Monitoring and Staging - Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on the latest updates in Diagnostic Imaging: Point-of-care Ultrasound, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.