Emergent Soft Tissue Conditions
Acute inflammatory and infectious soft tissue disorders are important conditions that affect nearly 2 million people in the United States every year. Inflammation versus infection of the skin, subcutaneous tissues,…
Spinal Trauma
Cervical Spine Emergencies Mark Bernstein Alexander B. Baxter F.A. Mann Each year in North America approximately 3 million patients are evaluated for spinal injury. Although the incidence of vertebral fracture and spinal cord…
Nontraumatic, Nonvascular Chest Emergencies
Use of imaging services in the emergency department (ED) continues to outpace the growth of actual ED patient visits. This imaging surge places the emergency radiologist at the forefront of…
Vascular Chest Emergencies
With chest pain representing one of the most common presenting symptoms in the emergency department (ED), radiologists are frequently called upon for the noninvasive evaluation of aortic and pulmonary vascular…
Nontraumatic Spine Emergencies
Infection of the vertebral column represents up to 20% of all osteomyelitis and is the most common infection of the axial skeleton. The presentation is often insidious. It is not…
Strategies for Reducing Radiation Exposure From Multidetector Computed Tomography in the Acute Care Setting
Acknowledgments All figures and much of the text in this chapter have been reprinted with permission from: Sodickson A. Strategies for reducing radiation exposure in multi-detector row CT. Radiol Clin…
Image Management in Emergency Radiology
Background Imaging of Patients at Outside Facilities Before Transfer Early and timely transfer of injured patients to a trauma center capable of definitive care has been shown to decrease mortality….
Lower Extremity Arterial Disease
Key Points ▪ Knowledge of normal and variant anatomy of the lower extremity arterial vasculature is critical. ▪ A standardized and comprehensive duplex examination protocol is critical. ▪ Knowledge of…
Carotid Artery Disease and Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease
Key Points ▪ Extracranial carotid artery assessment is one of the most elegant applications of vascular ultrasound. ▪ With careful technique and adherence to a comprehensive Duplex protocol, ultrasound assessment…
Catheterization-Related Complications
Key Points ▪ Familiarity with the range of vascular complications that may be detected by ultrasound, and their respective findings, is critical. ▪ Patients may have more than one complication….
