Imaging of Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: KEYZER, Caroline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gevenois, Pierre Alain (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Σειρά: Medical Radiology,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Abdominal surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Ultrasound.; Emergency Medicine.; Abdominal Surgery.

Imaging is increasingly used in patients suspected of having acute appendicitis in order to reduce the rates of perforation and negative appendectomy and to detect alternative diagnoses. As many of these patients are young, radiation dose is of particular concern. Numerous studies have therefore inv...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Treatment Approaches and Issues in Patients with Suspected Acute Appendicitis
• Part III: Imaging of Acute Appendicitis in Adults
• Part IV: Imaging of Acute Appendicitis in Children
• Part V: Imaging Findings of other Appendiceal Diseases, Impact of Imaging on Negative Appendectomy Rate, and Radiation Dose Optimization
• Part VI: Concluding Remarks.  .