Diagnostic Imaging in Polytrauma Patients

1. Pelvic Trauma: Bone

   • Michele Galluzzo, Francesco Gaudino, Gloria Addeo, Grazia Loretta Buquicchio, Ginevra Danti, Margherita Trinci et al.

   Pages 433-460

2. Pelvic Trauma: Vascular/Visceral

   • Stefano Giannecchini, Valentina Caturano, Carmelo Rende, Viola Valentini, Margherita Trinci, Vittorio Miele

   Pages 461-474

3. Abdominal Trauma: Interventional Radiology

   • Germano Scevola, Marco Rastelli, Giorgio Loreni, Claudio Raspanti, Gloria Addeo, Vittorio Miele

   Pages 475-490

4. The Follow-Up of Patients with Thoracic Injuries

   • Stefania Ianniello, Maria Gabriella Merola, Matteo Pignatelli, Riccardo Ferrari, Margherita Trinci, Vittorio Miele

   Pages 491-508

5. The Follow-Up of Patients with Abdominal Injuries

   • Grazia Loretta Buquicchio, Gavina Cuneo, Stefano Giannecchini, Riccardo Palliola, Margherita Trinci, Vittorio Miele

   Pages 509-532

6. Injuries of the Limbs in Polytrauma: Upper and Lower Limbs

   • Anna Maria Ierardi, Filippo Pesapane, Natalie Lucchina, Andrea Coppola, Filippo Piacentino, Andrea Sacrini et al.

   Pages 533-543

This book provides comprehensive information on Diagnostic Imaging for polytrauma patients. It provides extensive and detailed explanations of the semiotics of traumatic injuries, the correlation with the trauma’s mechanism of action, and the meaning and appearance of prognostic indicators. The book begins with a discussion of the management of polytrauma patients. Particular attention is given to the role of radiology in management, and each chapter includes an assessment of the radiological findings to be used as a clinical decision-making tool. Several typical cases are shown, supplemented by a wealth of images. The book offers a useful tool both for radiologists, who will find in it a valuable guide to correctly diagnosing traumatic injuries, and for clinicians, who will come to better understand the findings of the diagnostic tests performed on their patients

• Polytrauma
• Trauma Imaging
• Emergency Radiology
• Head trauma
• Blunt thoracic trauma
• Blunt abdominal trauma
• Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT)
• Contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS)
• Focused Assessment by Sonography for trauma (FAST)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Advanced trauma life support (ATLS)

“The intent is to provide a comprehensive review of imaging findings in trauma patients. The book focuses on patients with more than one site of injury and addresses patterns of injuries that are often found together. The authors identify radiologists as the primary audience and, indeed, the book is appropriate for this audience. ... This is a thorough review of imaging findings in trauma that is well written with excellent images.” (Tara M. Catanzano, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)

• Department of Radiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

  Vittorio Miele

• Dept of Emergency Radiology, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy

  Margherita Trinci

Vittorio Miele has been working at the University Hospital Careggi in Florence since October 2016 as Chairman of both the Emergency Radiology Unit and the Radiology and Laboratory Department.
For the previous fourteen years, he served as Chairman of the Department of Emergency Radiology at S. Camillo Hospital in Rome.
He is a past President of the Italian College of Emergency Radiology and is currently a Member of the Board of the Italian Society of Radiology (SIRM). He has authored over 300 papers and edited several monographs.

Margherita Trinci works at S. Camillo Hospital in Rome in the Department of Emergency Radiology.
She is Senior Radiologist in the fields of Emergency Radiology and Pediatric Radiology, she is also a Member of the Board of the Italian College of Pediatric Radiology.
She has authored over 50 papers and co-edited several monographs.

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