Chest Imaging, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

David A. Lynch

Description

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Chest Imaging. Drs. Lynch and Chung have assembled an expert panel of authors on the topics of:Approach to chest CT, CT screening for lung cancer,The solitary pulmonary nodule, Staging of lung cancer, Imaging of infections, ICU imaging, Pulmonary vascular diseases, Occupational and environmental lung disease, Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, Connective tissue disease-related thoracic disease and more!

Sujets

• Médecine
• Médecine Générale
• Thoracic Medicine
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Medical

Informations

• Publié par: Elsevier
• Date de parution: 25 juin 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780323388818
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Clinics Review Articles CLINICS IN CHEST MEDICINE
Chest Imaging

David A. Lynch, MB
National Jewish Health, Department of Radiology, Denver, CO, USA

Jonathan H. Chung, MD
National Jewish Health, Department of Radiology, Denver, CO, USA
ISSN  0272-5231 Volume 36 • Number 2 • June 2015
Elsevier
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Contributors
Editors
Authors
CME Accreditation Page
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
Accreditation
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Unapproved/Off-Label Use Disclosure
To Enroll
Method of Participation
CME Inquiries/Special Needs
Forthcoming Issues
Forthcoming Issues
Recent Issues
Preface
Erratum
Approach to Chest Computed Tomography
Key points
Introduction: definitions and nature of the problem
Imaging techniques
Imaging features and differential diagnosis: reviewing chest computed tomography
Pearls and pitfalls: technical considerations and artifacts
Current controversies
Summary
Low-Dose Computed Tomographic Screening for Lung Cancer
Key points
Introduction
The evidence for screening
Setting up a lung cancer screening clinic
Findings on low-dose computed tomographic screening examinations
Understanding the low-dose computed tomographic report: the American College of Radiology Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System
Financial issues
Summary
Imaging the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
Key points
Introduction
Definitions and differential diagnosis
Imaging techniques for nodule evaluation
Management considerations
Summary
Staging of Lung Cancer
Key points
Introduction
Imaging techniques
TNM staging: 7th edition
Pearls and pitfalls
Current controversies
Future directions
Imaging Infection
Key points
Normal hosts
Non-AIDS immunocompromised hosts
Patients with AIDS
Summary
Intensive Care Unit Imaging
Key points
Introduction
Monitoring and support devices
Pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities
Pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pleural fluid
Summary
Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
Key points
Introduction
Acute pulmonary embolism
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
Pulmonary vasculitis
Summary
Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
Key points
Introduction
Imaging features of occupational lung disease
Summary
Radiologic Evaluation of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Key points
Introduction
Fibrosing interstitial pneumonias
Acute/subacute interstitial pneumonias
Smoking-related interstitial pneumonias
Rare entities
Connective Tissue Disease–related Thoracic Disease
Key points
Introduction
Imaging techniques
Imaging patterns
Specific connective tissue diseases
Pearls and pitfalls
Controversies
Future directions
Summary
Cystic and Nodular Lung Disease
Key points
Introduction
Cystic lung disease
Mimics of cysts
Nodular lung disease
Summary
Imaging of the Central Airways with Bronchoscopic Correlation
Key points
Introduction
Technique
Diseases affecting the central airways: computed tomography classification
Anatomic variants
Focal central airway narrowing
Diffuse airway narrowing
Multifocal nodular central airway disease
Computed tomography/bronchoscopic correlations
Summary
Imaging of Small Airways and Emphysema
Key points
Introduction
Bronchiolitis
Imaging findings
Emphysema
Summary
Functional Imaging
Key points
Introduction
Computed tomography
MRI
Assessment of regional pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange
Assessment of pulmonary perfusion by computed tomography and MRI
Clinical applications of pulmonary perfusion imaging
Summary
Index
Copyright
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Contributors

Editors
DAVID A. LYNCH, MB
Professor, Department of Radiology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado
JONATHAN H. CHUNG, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado

Authors
JEFFREY B. ALPERT, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Thoracic Section, Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
MATTHEW R. BENTZ, MD
Fellow, Cardiothoracic Radiology, Department of Radiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
SONIA L. BETANCOURT CUELLAR, MD
Assistant Professor, Section of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
SANJEEV BHALLA, MD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
KATRINA H. BUSBY, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
BRETT W. CARTER, MD
Assistant Professor, Section of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
CAROLINE CHILES, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
JARED D. CHRISTENSEN, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
JONATHAN H. CHUNG, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado
KRISTOPHER W. CUMMINGS, MD
Senior Associate Consultant; Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
PATRICIA M. DE GROOT, MD
Ass