Abdominal X-rays for Medical Students

by Christopher Clarke, Anthony Dux

Abdominal X–rays for Medical Students is a comprehensiveresource offering guidance on reading, presenting and interpretingabdominal radiographs. Suitable for medical students, juniordoctors, nurses and trainee radiographers, this brand new title isclearly illustrated using a unique colour overlay system to presentthe main pathologies and to highlight the abnormalities in abdomenx–rays.

Abdominal X–rays for Medical Students:
Covers the key knowledge and skills necessary forpractical use
Provides an effective and memorable way to analyse andpresent abdominal radiographs – the unique ABCDE system as developed by the authors
Presents each radiograph twice, side by side: thefirst as seen in the clinical setting, and the second with thepathology clearly highlighted
Includes self–assessment to test knowledge andpresentation technique

With a systematic approach covering both the analysis ofradiographs and next steps mirroring the clinical setting andcontext, Abdominal X–rays for Medical Students is a succinctand up–to–date overview of the principles and practice of thisimportant topic.