Interpreting Chest X-Rays: Illustrated with 100 Cases

by Philip Eng

Interpreting chest X-rays can seem baffling and intimidating for senior medical students and newly qualified doctors. This highly illustrated guide provides the ideal introduction to chest radiology. It uses 100 clinical cases to illuminate a wide range of common medical conditions, each illustrated with a chest X-ray and a clear description of the significant diagnostic features and their clinical relevance. Where appropriate CT scans and bronchoscopic imaging are also included as part of the investigation. Pulmonary medicine is largely based on a strong foundation on the plain chest radiograph. Indeed chest radiography is the single most common investigation done in hospital practice. This illustrated collection of case studies will help make the learning process easier and more enjoyable and less painful. As well as illuminating pearls of core knowledge in chest X-ray interpretation, it highlights some of the pitfalls that might wrong-foot the inexperienced practitioner.

Genres: Medical, Nonfiction

210 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I should preface I'm not a medical student nor an aspiring one. I just wanted to read this for fun because I'm a nerd like that. But this whole book was phenomenal and explained the interpretations of each chest x-rays in quite a simple and succinct way that even I could follow as a layperson. However, this was published in 2005 so keep that in mind. I also learned that a CXR of tuberculosis is fucking terrifying to look at.

[Tanmay Jadhav · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brilliant book but seems to have lost touch with the times.

Excellent cases but image/radiograph quality is very 90s which makes the internal compass for new trainees looking at nicer images a little wonky.

Otherwise definitely a level 3 book for registrars to stand above the entry level books written for general doctors and medical students. (as would be expected)