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100 1  Clarke, Christopher,|d1986- 
245 10 Abdominal X-rays for medical students /|cChristopher G.D. 
       Clarke, MBChB, Radiology Registrar and Honorary Lecturer 
       in Human Anatomy, Nottingham University Hospitals, 
       Nottingham, UK ; Anthony E.W. Dux, MB BS, FRCR, Former 
       Consultant Radiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, 
       University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK. 
260    Chichester, West Sussex :|bJohn Wiley & Sons Inc.,|c2015. 
300    ix, 115 pages :|billustrations (black and white, and 
       colour) 
500    "With self-test"--Cover. 
505 0  Preface vii Acknowledgements viii Learning objectives 
       checklist ix Part 1 About X - rays 1 What are X-rays? 1 
       How are X-rays produced? 1 How do X-rays make an image? 2 
       How are X-ray images (radiographs) stored? 3 Radiation 
       hazards 3 The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) 
       Regulations 3 In women of reproductive age 3 Indications 
       for an abdominal X-ray 4 Abdominal X-ray views 5 AP Supine
       abdominal X-ray 5 Other views 5 Radiograph quality 6 
       Inclusion 6 Exposure 6 Normal anatomy on an abdominal X-
       ray 8 Right and left (Figure 7) 8 Quadrants and regions 
       (Figure 8) 8 Abdominal viscera 1 (Figure 9) 8 Abdominal 
       viscera 2 (Figure 10) 9 Skeletal structures (Figure 11) 10
       Pelvis (Figure 12) 10 Lung bases (may be visualised at the
       top of the abdomen) (Figure 13) 11 Bowel 1 (Figure 14) 11 
       Bowel 2 (Figure 15) 12 Presenting an abdominal radiograph 
       14 Be systematic! 14 Part 2 Overview of the ABCDE of 
       abdominal radiographs 15 A - Air in the wrong place 16 
       Pneumoperitoneum (gas in the peritoneal cavity) 21 
       Pneumoretroperitoneum (gas in the retroperitoneal space) 
       26 Pneumobilia (gas in the biliary tree) 28 Portal venous 
       gas (gas in the portal vein) 29 B - Bowel 17 Dilated small
       bowel 30 Dilated large bowel 34 Volvulus 37 Dilated 
       stomach 40 Hernia 41 Bowel wall inflammation 43 Faecal 
       loading 48 Faecal impaction 49 C - Calcification 18 
       Gallstones in the gallbladder (cholelithiasis) 50 Renal 
       stones (urolithiasis) 53 Bladder stones 56 
       Nephrocalcinosis 57 Pancreatic calcification 58 Adrenal 
       calcification 59 Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) 
       calcification 60 Fetus 62 Calcified structures of little 
       clinical significance 63 Calcified costal cartilage 63 
       Phleboliths ('vein stones') 63 Calcified mesenteric lymph 
       nodes 64 Calcified uterine fibroids 65 Prostate 
       calcification 65 Abdominal aortic calcification (normal 
       calibre) 66 Splenic artery calcification 66 D - Disability
       (bones and solid organs) 19 Pelvic fractures - 3 Polo 
       rings test 67 Sclerotic and lucent bone lesions 68 Spine 
       pathology 69 Solid organ enlargement 71 E - Everything 
       else 20 Medical and surgical objects (iatrogenic) 73 
       Surgical clips/staples/sutures 73 Urinary catheter 75 
       Supra-pubic catheter 75 Nasogastric (NG) and nasojejunal 
       (NJ) tubes 76 Flatus tube 77 Surgical drain 78 Nephrostomy
       catheter 78 Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter 79 Gastric 
       band device 79 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)/
       radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG) 80 Stoma bag 80 
       Stents 81 Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter 84 Intra-uterine
       device (IUD) 85 Pessary 85 Foreign bodies 86 Retained 
       surgical swab 86 Swallowed objects 87 Objects inserted per
       -rectum (PR) 88 Clothing artefact 90 Piercings 90 Body 
       packer 91 Lung bases 93 Self-assessment questions 94 Self-
       assessment answers 99 Glossary 107 Index 112 
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700 1  Dux, Anthony. 
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