Diagnostic Imaging in Polytrauma Patients

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Miele, Vittorio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Trinci, Margherita (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Radiology.; Surgery.; Anesthesiology.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book provides comprehensive information on Diagnostic Imaging for polytrauma patients. It provides extensive and detailed explanations of the semiotics of traumatic injuries, the correlation with the trauma's mechanism of action, and the meaning and appearance of prognostic indicators. The...

Table of Contents:

• Clinical management of polytrauma patients
• Traumatic injuries: mechanisms of lesions
• Head trauma
• Maxillo-facial injuries
• Cervical spine
• Neck vascular lesions
• Airways injuries
• Lung/pleural injuries
• Aortic injuries: diagnostic imaging
• Aortic injuries: interventional radiology
• Thoracic wall and Diaphragm injuries
• Dorsal and lumbar spine injuries
• Hepatic injuries
• Pancreatic injuries
• Splenic injuries
• Intestinal injuries
• Adrenal injuries
• Renal injuries
• Pelvic injuries: bone
• Pelvic injuries: vascular/visceral
• Abdominal trauma: interventional radiology
• The follow-up of patients with thoracic injuries
• The follow-up of patients with abdominal injuries
• Injuries of the limbs: bone lesions
• Injuries of the limbs: vascular lesions.