Paediatric radiography

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This book provides radiographers with guidance on paediatric radiography techniques. Every radiographer working in a hospital will be involved in paediatric imaging.

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Full title :Paediatric radiography / Maryann Hardy, Stephen Boynes.

Summary

This book provides radiographers with guidance on paediatric radiography techniques. Every radiographer working in a hospital will be involved in paediatric imaging.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell Science
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

Notes

Cover.

Table of Contents.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Physical growth.

Adolescents.

Role of family.

Role of play.

Summary.

Children's rights.

Health care law.

Immobilisation versus restraint.

Ionising radiation regulations.

Patient positioning.

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.

The thymus.

The heart.

The upper/extra-thoracic airway.

The lower/intra-thoracic airway.

Choice of projection.

Antero-posterior (supine).

Antero-posterior (erect).

Postero-anterior (erect).

Rotation.

Lordosis.

Respiration.

Exposure.

Artefacts.

Lateral chest.

Lateral decubitus (antero-posterior).

Post-nasal space.

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).

Abdominal pain.

Vomiting.

Gastrointestinal bleeding.

Constipation.

Chronic diarrhoea.

Gastric dilatation.

Supine abdomen.

Erect abdomen.

Lateral decubitus.

Lateral abdomen.

Radiographic assessmen.

The Physical Object

Description:Online Ressource (xi, 211 Seiten) : : Illustrationen

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470776070, 0470776072, 1405147687, 9781405147682, 128021323X, 9781280213236, 9780632056316, 0632056312
oclc:on1039171558
LC Classification:RJ51.R3
Dewey Decimal:618.9207572

Subjects

Child Children children (people by age group) Diagnostic Imaging Enfants Imagerie pour le diagnostic Pediatric radiography Pediatrics Pédiatrie Radiographie Radiographie pédiatrique radiographs radiography