Imaging: Emergencies

Imaging: Emergencies — Clinical Atlas

How it begins

Estudio exhaustivo de las modalidades diagnósticas aplicadas al entorno de urgencias y emergencias: principios de triaje imagenológico, protocolos de trauma, código ictus, abdomen agudo y patología crítica, con correlaciones clínicas de nivel experto.

What it covers

1. Imaging Triage and Diagnostic Strategy in Emergencies
2. · Guiding Principles of Image in Emergencies
3. · Hierarchy of Modalities in the Emergency Service
4. · Full Body CT (Total Body CT / Pan-Scan) in Polytrauma
5. FAST and eFAST Ultrasound in Trauma
6. · Rationale: Free Liquid in ECO
7. · The Four Windows of FAST
8. · eFAST: Pleural Extension
9. · Limitations of FAST
10. TBI and Intracranial Hemorrhage: Imaging Diagnosis
11. · Indications for Skull CT in TBI: Decision Rules
12. · Intracranial Hemorrhages: Classification and CT Findings
13. · Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI / TAD): Mandatory MRI
14. · Signs of Brain Herniation on CT: The Neurosurgical Emergency
15. Ischemic Stroke: ICTUS Code Protocol and Multimodal Imaging
16. · Objectives of the Imaging Study in the ICTUS Code
17. · CT without Contrast in the Acute Phase of Stroke
18. · Angiotomography (CTA) of Supraortic and Intracranial Trunks
19. · CT Perfusion (CTP): Rescuable Tissue
20. · RM in the Stroke Code: Advantages and Limitations
21. Hemorrhagic Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
22. · Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (SICH): CT Evaluation
23. · Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH): Diagnosis and Angiography
24. Thoracic Trauma: Systematic Imaging Diagnosis
25. · The Six Injuries That Kill Immediately
26. · Injuries That Kill in the Next Hour (If Not Treated)
27. Pulmonary Thromboembolism: Diagnostic Imaging
28. · Diagnostic Strategy: Pretest Probability and Algorithms
29. · PTE Severity Stratification: Therapeutic Implications
30. · PTE and Pregnancy: Imaging Challenges
31. Pneumonia, Pneumothorax and Urgent Pleural Pathology
32. · Pneumonia: Chest X-ray and CT
33. · Pneumothorax: Radiological Evaluation
34. · Pleural Effusion: Imaging Evaluation
35. Aortic Emergencies: Dissection, Aneurysm and Acute Aortic Syndrome
36. · Stanford and DeBakey ranking
37. · Aortic Angiotomography: Protocol and Findings
38. Acute Abdomen: Systematic Imaging Evaluation
39. · Modality Selection According to the Clinical Scenario
40. · Abdomen X-ray in Emergencies: Indications and Semiology
41. Acute Appendicitis: Diagnostic Imaging
42. · Ultrasound in Appendicitis: First Line in Children and Women of Childbearing Age
43. · CT of the Abdomen in Appendicitis: Higher Sensitivity
44. Intestinal Obstruction, Hernias and Volvulus
45. · Small Intestine Obstruction (SIO)
46. · Complicated Hernias: Image
47. · Sigma Volvulus: The Classic Diagnosis
48. Acute Pancreatitis: Image and Complications
49. · Balthazar Classification and CT Severity Index (CTSI)
50. · Complications of Pancreatitis on Imaging
51. Urgent Hepatobiliary Pathology
52. · Acute Cholecystitis: ECO as First Line
53. · Choledocholithiasis and Cholangitis: The Role of MRCP and ECHO
54. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
55. · Etiological Classification and Imaging Findings
56. Nephritic Colic and Obstructive Uropathy
57. · Low Dose Urological CT: Reference Standard
58. · Emergencies in Obstructive Uropathy: Obstructive Pyelonephritis
59. Gynecological Emergencies: Ectopic Pregnancy, Ovarian Torsion and Follicular Rupture
60. · Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis by ECO
61. · Ovarian Torsion
62. Pediatric Emergencies: Intussusception, Volvulus and Pyloric Stenosis
63. · Intussusception (Intestinal Invagination)
64. · Middle Intestine Volvulus (Intestinal Malrotation)
65. · Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (HPE)
66. Acute Spinal Compression: Neurosurgical Emergency
67. · Causes of Spinal Compression and Presentation
68. · MRI of the Spine in the Emergency Room: Protocol
69. Serious Infections: Necrotizing Fasciitis and Deep Abscesses
70. · Necrotizing Fasciitis: The Surgical Urgency of Soft Tissues
71. · Deep Abscesses: Image-Guided Diagnosis and Drainage
72. Diagnosis by Imaging in the Critically Critical Patient (ICU)
73. · Portable Chest X-ray in ICU
74. · Lung Ultrasound in ICU (BLUE Protocol)
75. Iodinated Contrast in Emergencies: Reactions and Nephroprotection
76. · Iodinated Contrast Media: Classification
77. · Adverse Contrast Reactions: Classification and Management
78. · Gadolinium Contrast in MRI: Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF)
79. Peripheral Vascular Trauma and Acute Limb Ischemia
80. · Acute Limb Ischemia (AIE): The 6 "P"
81. · Vascular Injuries in Trauma
82. Radiation in Emergencies: Dose, Risk and Protection
83. · Fundamental Dosimetric Magnitudes
84. · Comparative Effective Doses from Emergency Studies
85. · Principles of Radiological Protection in Emergencies