Chest X-Ray Made Easy

By Kate Pointon, Jonathan Corne, Mary Carroll

Book Overview

Translated into over a dozen languages, this book has been widely praised for making interpretation of the chest X-ray as simple as possible. It describes the range of conditions likely to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443051941
• ISBN13: 9780443051944
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 5.0" x 0.5"

Customer Reviews

Just the right size to fit in your coat pocket!

This little book starts off by actually teaching you HOW to read a CXR. Not many books do that ... they just assume that you can. Then it goes into the four broad categories of abnormalities: 1) too white, 2) too black, 3) too large and 4) in the wrong place which helps you to categorise abnormalities. Then all the major conditions (e.g. pneumonia, COPD, malignancies etc.) are reviewed under each category. Read this before you start you clinical years and keep it in your coat pocket along with 'The ECG made easy'. Look at heaps of CXRs and ECGs from the beginning of the year along with the help of these books. Practice makes perfect! Good luck! I wish someone had told me these things at the beginning of the year! ;)

Great book for first year P.A. students studying radiology.

This book teaches the basics such as pneumonia, pneumothorax, and other abnormal thoracic conditions through the use of x-rays. It explains the abnormal findings of each x-ray in a clear and easily understandable manner. Best book I've seen so far on chest x-rays.

A "must read" for students before starting on the wards.

I love this book. It first teaches the reader how to look at a chest x-ray in a simple, step-by-step approach. Then it is organized quite effectively into chapters based on the appearance of the x-ray (white lung field, widened mediastinum, etc.). A must read for medical students starting their rotations.

Excellent introduction to the chest x-ray

Well-written and illustrated. Takes you through the interpretation of the chest x-ray step by step. Very logical and easy to remember. Covers the right ground for the junior hospital doctor and medical student.