Chest X-Ray Made Easy

by Jonathan Corne, Kate Pointon

This invaluable little pocketbook takes the reader through the basics of chest X-ray examination and interpretation. It covers the range of conditions clinicians are likely to encounter on the wards, and guides the reader through the diagnostic process based on the appearance of the abnormality shown.

Suitable for medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals who interpret chest X-rays, including radiographers, nurses and physiotherapists, this text is the ideal solution to increasing your skills and boosting your confidence in using chest X-rays for diagnosis and management.

Chest X-Ray Made Easy has garnered international praise as the ideal quick and simple guide to understanding chest X-rays.

Concise and succinct - makes interpretation of chest X-rays as simple as possible

Comprehensive but easy to understand

Specifically designed for junior doctors and students

New chapter on what and when to request, and how to do that

New images throughout, including obvious and subtle examples of abnormalities

Includes CT images and how they correlate with chest X-rays

Sections on radiation doses and indications for chest X-rays

Sections on chest X-ray appearances in COVID-19

Updated section on imaging in pregnancy

Features interpretation of placement of lines, tubes, and of complications

Quiz section to test knowledge

Established title that is trusted internationally

Genres: Medical, Medicine

169 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Sina Homayooni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Last week, with me as the intern on duty, we had this trauma patient in the ER who had suffered a fall. He was not totally conscious. The ER resident had seen an opacity behind the heart shadow in the CXR and had ordered a CT. When I got to the patient everyone was discussing the images to identify the "lobulated mass" in the lower lobe of left lung. Having read the fourth chapter of this book, I knew at first sight, that it was collapse of the lower lobe of the left lung. At first nobody paid me much attention. It was not after doing a bedside lung ultrasonography (seeing air-bronchograms) that they got to accept it as atelectasis. It was due to aspiration.

All this, I said to emphasize how much of a help this book can be to medical students, medical interns and health care amateurs like me to be able to make a good primary diagnosis. The book is really short and can be pretty informative. It comes with pictures and a list of differential etiologies.

[Baraa Qudah · Rating 3 out of 5]

fine book for the medical students , but if it had more pictures for every condition , that would made it much better .

anyway it's a good companion to slides provided by any radiology course teachers .

for advanced knowledge stage , for example when the one is internal medicine doctor or ER doctor another source is needed of course , which would have more information on the approach to the chest xray film .

[Mati · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comprehensive guide for chest X-rays, however the text is sometimes to confusing and pointing to the things, which are not useful for clinical practice. There should be more X-rays examples those which are picked are typical but some more would do good. However cheap book with content sufficient for introduction to the problem. Good to buy for med students or very lazy clinician. I would grab something little bit deeper in subject.

[Ahmed Mohsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting book for the beginner & radiologist , it gives u the basic knowledge for reading chest x -ray & a good scheme for this .
but still u need to read more books to get better knowledge if u want to be a good radiologist

[S.E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides a basic introduction to chest rays. While it is sufficient for clinical medical students or foundation doctors, I do not think that it contains sufficient information for a radiology resident or specialist registrar.

[Amr Khaled · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the "Made Easy" series aims at making it easier to get into a subject, this book feels like it was made to make you hate it.

The pictures are lacking, the work seems rushed, & it skips major points.
This doesn't forgive the details mentioned in explaining the x-rays.
Expected better.

[Eman 安吉娃娃 · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn’t meet my expectations.
Yes it has pictures but the explanation is not clear enough.
I won’t recommend it for students..
However, I loved the size of the book.

[Sohel]

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