The Teaching Files: Chest

Description

Practical and clinically focused, this Chest title in the new Teaching Files Series provides you with 200 interesting and well-presented cases and nearly 600 high-quality images to help you better diagnose any disease of the chest. Experts in the field, Drs. Müller and Silva, use a logical organization throughout, making referencing difficult diagnoses easier than ever before. Detailed discussions of today’s modalities and technologies keep you up to date, and challenging diagnostic questions probe your knowledge of the material. This unique, case-based resource offers you an ideal way to sharpen your diagnostic skills and study for exams. And, with Expert Consult functionality, you’ll have convenient access to the full text online, all of the book’s illustrations, additional cases and images, and links to Medline at expertconsult.com.

Key Features

• Presents 200 cases and nearly 600 high-quality images that help you make an informed diagnosis.

• Features the full text online, including 100 extra cases, all of the book’s illustrations, plus 300 additional images, that let you selectively turn on/off labels to test your knowledge and gain easy recall, and links to Medline for convenient referencing anytime, anywhere.

• Discusses the most up-to-date radiologic modalities and technologies to keep you current in your practice.

• Provides brief but thorough descriptions of findings putting the information you need at your fingertips.

• Offers suggested readings of the most important references for more information on specific topics of interest.

• Structures every chapter consistently to include Demographics/Clinical History, Findings, Discussion, Characteristic/Clinical Features, Radiologic Findings, Primary Differential Diagnosis, and Suggested Readings to make reference a snap.

See how to resolve challenging diagnostic questions by reviewing discussions of similar cases.

Related Titles

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Author Information

By Nestor L. Muller, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia; Head and Medical Director, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and C. Isabela S. Silva, MD, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada