Month: October 2014

Authors: W. Richard Webb, MD, William E. Brant, MD, and Nancy R. Major, MD Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 381 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book is essentially on body computed tomography or CT. It has current information and the essential know-how on this type of scanning for diagnosis of disease and various conditions. It also covers the use of multi-slice CT to diagnose abnormalities in the abdomen and chest, as well as musculoskeletal abnormalities. You can access the entire contents of this book (and much more) online through any Internet-ready device. You can also search all Expert Consult titles...

Authors: Stuart J. Hutchinson, MD, and Naeem Merchant, MD Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 572 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book provides the guidance and expertise you the student or practicing cardiologist needs to get high-quality images of the heart and the vessels in order to properly diagnose disease. It gives you the various do’s and don’ts in getting and interpreting cardiac computed tomography scans (CCTs), written by two cardiac imaging specialists. The contents of this book, like most other Elsevier books, are available online. To get access, first redeem your PIN from the inside front cover of...

Authors: Mark S. Weiss, MD, and Lee A. Fleisher, MD Publisher: Elsevier – Saunders – 256 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The practice of non-operating room anesthesiology has spread widely in the last twenty to thirty years, Drs Weiss and Fleisher point out in this book. The three main reasons contributing to this development – which has improved patient safety – are: the growth in the number of number of drugs available, breakthroughs in medical technology, and innovations in anesthetic techniques. At the outset we want to inform you that like most Elsevier Saunders products, the entire contents...

Editors: John C. Clohisy, MD, Paul E. Beaule, MD, Craig J. Della Valle, MD, John C. Callaghan, MD, Aaron G. Rosenberg, MD, and Harry E. Rubash, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer – Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Hip preservation surgery has been around for decades. Still practiced in many countries, some doctors and patients however, opt for hip replacement surgery, sometimes termed endoprosthetic arthroplasty, in the developed (and some developing) countries. Patients, who suffer from painful arthritis due either to mechanical or inflammatory reasons, typically opt for hip replacement surgery. “Until recently though, the practice (hip...

Authors: W. Richard Webb, MD, Nestor L Muller, MD, and David P. Naidich, MD Contributing Authors: Brett M. Elicker, MD, Myrna C.B. Godoy, MD, and C. Isabella S. Muller, MD. Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 732 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) has become an established tool for evaluating patients with diffuse lung disease, over the last 25 years since the first edition of this book appeared in 1991. Much progress has also occurred in the understanding of diffuse lung diseases in the last five years since the fourth edition of...