Interventional Radiology: A Survival Guide E-Book
Description
What are the must-know aspects to preparing for and performing the most frequently requested diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures? Interventional Radiology: A Survival Guide, 4th Edition gives you the information you need to provide safe care in an easy-to-read, concise format. Written by experienced radiologists Drs. H. David Kessel and Iain Robertson, this edition features clear, step-by-step instructions for fundamental skills in this fast-growing field.
- Extensively restructured into 4 sections:
Core interventional skills; Essential equipment; Principles of Vascular intervention and Principles of Non-vascular intervention.
- Increased emphasis on Interventional Oncology including the management of cancer and its complications.
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- Nearly 300 line diagrams and photos illustrate procedures, including anatomical and technical points.
- Tip boxes highlight key facts and technical recommendations.
- Troubleshooting guides help get you back on track when things don't go exactly as planned.
- Warning boxes highlight common and important pitfalls.
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Content
Section 1: Core Interventional Skills
1 Planning safe procedures
2 Pre-procedure safety check
3 Contrast
4 Sedation
5 Pain control and analgesia
6 Recognition / management of complications
7 The Interventional Radiology Clinic
Section 2: Essential equipment and principles of use
8 Puncture needles
9 Biopsy needles
10 Access kits
11 Guidewires
12 Catheters
13 Pump injectors
14 Taps, hubs and connectors
15 Microcatheters
16 Drainage catheters
17 Angioplasty balloons
18 Inflation handles
19 Stent grafts/covered stents
20 Uncovered stents
21 Ureteric Stents
22 Embolization
23 Inferior vena cava filters
24 Snares
Section 3: Principles of intervention
25 Imaging guidance for intervention
26 Principles of non-invasive vascular imaging
27 Principles of good fluoroscopy and radiation protection
28 Principles of Vascular Access
29 Principles of diagnostic angiography
30 Biopsy needles
31 Principles of crossing stenoses and occlusion
32 Principles of angioplasty
33 Principles of pressure measurement
34 Principles of embolization
35 Principles of stenting and stent grafting
36 Principles of rendezvous and retrieval procedures
37 Principles of vascular closure and haemostasis
Section 4: Intervention
38 Achieving tissue diagnosis
39 Treating fluid collections and abscesses
40 Treating arterial occlusive disease
41 Treating acute limb ischaemia
42 Treating aneurysmal disease
43 Treating haemorrhage
44 Treating Venous Disease
45 Treating haemodialysis access
46 Urogenital intervention
47 Treating urinary conditions
48 Treating Gastro-intestinal conditions
49 Treating Biliary Intervention
50 Treating cancer
51 Achieving angiographic diagnosis
52 Rendezvous and retrieval procedures
