Making Sense Of The Chest X-Ray: A Hands-On Guide

Authors: Paul F. Jenkins
Publisher: Hodder
Edition: 1
Publish Year: 2005
ISBN: 9780340885574

The chest X-ray remains one of the most useful diagnostic tools available to the physician when presented with a patient demonstrating a range of clinical signs, from obvious breathing difficulties to a possible heart attack. Unlike X-ray images of many other parts of the body which will tend to be interpreted for the clinician by the radiologist, the interpretation of the chest X-ray will be performed by the clinician and used to determine the nature of a particular problem.