The Unofficial Guide to Radiology: 100 Practice Abdominal X-rays (Unofficial Guides)

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.

This case-based guide teaches systematic analysis of abdominal X-rays for everyone from complete beginners to professionals. Readers practise X-ray interpretation on 100 high quality images based on real-life scenarios alongside questions that test their overall clinical knowledge. Over each page is a model report accompanied by a fully annotated version of the X-ray to explain the answer’s reasoning.

100 Practice Abdominal X-Rays is ideal for students preparing for examinations and will also provide a handy reference for postgraduates and practising doctors.

• 100 high-definition images, just like real-life X-rays
• Full-colour annotations demystify abdominal X-rays for complete beginners
• Systematic examples of how to present reports in an exam and on a hospital ward round
• Follows international radiology reporting guidelines
• Matched to the Royal College of Radiologists national curriculum
• New bonus questions to allow the reader to test their knowledge and cement their learning

Ali B.A.K. Al-Hadithi, MB BChir, MA(Cantab), MRCP(UK), AFHEA, PGCert (Med Ed)
Academic Clinical Fellow (Cardiology and Internal Medicine), University of Cambridge;
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
United Kingdom.