UID:
almafu_9959328003902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780470776070
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0470776072
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1405147687
,
9781405147682
,
128021323X
,
9781280213236
,
9780632056316
,
0632056312
Inhalt:
This book provides radiographers with guidance on paediatric radiography techniques. Every radiographer working in a hospital will be involved in paediatric imaging.
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Understanding childhood -- Physical growth -- Psychological and cognitive development -- Birth to 3 years -- 3 to 7 years -- 7 to 11 years -- Adolescents -- Role of family -- Role of play -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2 Consent, immobilisation and health care law -- Children's rights -- Health care law -- Immobilisation versus restraint -- Holding children still ... a five-point model -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Radiation protection -- Ionising radiation regulations -- Patient positioning -- Field size and beam limitation -- Protective shielding -- Radiographic exposure parameters -- Focal spot size -- Tube filtration -- Voltage -- Anti-scatter grids -- Screen film systems -- Digital systems -- Automatic exposure control -- Automatic brightness control -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 The chest and upper respiratory tract -- Structural and functional anatomy -- The thorax, lungs and respiratory tract -- The thymus -- The heart -- Pathology of the chest and upper respiratory tract -- The upper/extra-thoracic airway -- The lower/intra-thoracic airway -- The chest wall and pleura -- Radiographic technique for the chest and upper respiratory tract -- Choice of projection -- Antero-posterior (supine) -- Antero-posterior (erect) -- Postero-anterior (erect) -- Radiographic assessment criteria for antero-posterior/ postero-anterior projections of the chest -- Area of interest to be included on the radiograph -- Rotation -- Lordosis -- Respiration -- Exposure -- Artefacts -- Supplementary radiographic projections of the chest and upper respiratory tract -- Lateral chest -- Lateral decubitus (antero-posterior) -- Lateral soft tissue neck -- Post-nasal space -- Exposure factors and radiation protection -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 The abdomen -- Structural and functional anatomy -- Gastrointestinal system -- Genitourinary system -- Gastrointestinal pathology -- Congenital pyloric stenosis -- Intussusception -- Appendicitis -- Hernia -- Gastroesophageal reflux -- Meckel's diverticulum -- Inflammatory bowel disease -- Swallowed foreign body -- Genitourinary system pathology -- Urinary tract infection -- Vesicoureteric reflux -- Hydronephrosis -- Posterior urethral valves -- Haematuria -- Renal agenesis -- Chronic renal failure -- Undescended testes (cryptorchidism) -- Abdominal mass -- Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumour) -- Signs and symptoms of abdominal pathology -- Abdominal pain -- Vomiting -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Constipation -- Chronic diarrhoea -- Gastric dilatation -- Radiographic technique for the abdomen -- Plain film abdominal radiography -- Supine abdomen -- Erect abdomen -- Lateral decubitus -- Lateral abdomen -- Exposure factors and radiation protection -- Radiographic assessmen.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Hardy, Maryann. Paediatric radiography. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 2003 ISBN 0632056312
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780632056316
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470776070
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470776070
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470776070
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470776070
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