Learning objectives
<br /> <br />Radiographic plays a central role in chest medicine. In fact, it is difficult to conceive, of detecting, treating, and following the course of diseases involving the lungs without the use of radiographic images.The aim of this course is to provide a complete description of the technical aspects of all radiographic imaging methods available for examination of the chest and a catalogue of roentgen findings in chest disease. The purpose of this chapter is also to provide some of the more indication for their choice. Certain general clinical principles will also be discussed
Course unit content
<br />Radiographic techniques<br />Infectious diseases of the lung<br />Obstructive diseases<br />Neoplasms of the lung<br />Pulmonary embolism<br />Infiltrative lung diseases<br />Disorders of the pleura<br /> <br />
Bibliography
<br /><br />PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Sixteenth Edition<br />Harrison's Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Printed in the United States of America.<br /> <br /> <br />FRASER AND PARE'S DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST (4 Volume set) Edited by Richard S. Fraser, MD, Nestor L. Muller, MD, PhD, Neil Colman, MD, and PD Pare, MD Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders, 1999.
