Full Description
This fully updated new edition is a comprehensive guide to interventional radiology (IR) for medical students, residents, early career attendings, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The IR Playbook includes procedures, new and updated data, and new images, to stay on the cutting edge of IR. As a specialty, IR is constantly changing and evolving to apply newer technologies and techniques to a breadth of disease pathologies. This book addresses the growing need for a reference for trainees and early career professionals to gain a solid foundation. Let this book serve as your only resource from the first day you find out about IR to the day you take your certifying exam. One and done.
The textbook is divided into two main sections, with many images and key point boxes throughout that offer high-yield pearls along with the specific How To's necessary for practice. The first section is designed to give readers an introduction to IR, including radiation safety, commonly used devices, patient care, and anatomy. The second portion is divided by procedure. These chapters cover pathophysiology, indications for treatment, as well as alternative treatments before delving into interventional therapy. This new edition has been fully updated throughout including several brand-new procedures and divided chapters to allow a more in depth look at several disease pathologies. IR Playbook gives medical students, residents, and trainees a full perspective of interventional radiology.
Contents
Part 1 - Radiology Basics.- Evolution of IR Training.- Radiation Safety.- Tools of the Trade.- Patient Care in IR.- Pharmacology in IR.- The IR Road Map: Vascular Anatomy Overview.- Introduction to Cross-Sectional Imaging.- Part 2 - Venous Interventions.- Vascular Access Techniques and Closure Devices.- Central Venous Access.- Acute and Chronic Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis.- Pulmonary Embolism.- IVC filters.- Dialysis.- Pelvic Venous Disorders.- Varicocele.- Varicose veins.- Vascular malformations.- Adrenal Vein Sampling.- Part 3 - Aortic Interventions.- Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms.- Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.- Aortic Dissection.- Endoleaks.- Traumatic Aortic Injury.- Part 4 - Thoracic Interventions.- Bronchial Artery Embolization.- Pulmonary Angiography: Arteriovenous Malformation and Pseudoaneurysm.- Lymphatic Interventions.- Part 5 - Abdominal & Pelvic Interventions.- Mesenteric Ischemia.- Visceral Aneurysms.- Renal Artery Stenosis.- GI Bleeding.- Uterine Artery Embolization.- Prostate Artery Embolization.- Visceral and Solid Organ Trauma.- Part 6 - Lower Extremity Interventions.- Aortoiliac Disease.- Infrainguinal disease.- Pelvic and Extremity Trauma.- Part 7 - Interventional Oncology.- Biopsy Techniques.- Transarterial Chemoembolization.- Transarterial Radioembolization (TARE).- Liver Ablation.- Lung, Kidney, Bone Ablation.- Part 8 - GI, GU, Hepatobiliary Interventions.- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) and Portal Hypertension.- Balloon-Occluded Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices.- Biliary drainages.- Ascites and Pleural Effusion.- Obstructive Uropathy.- Enteric Access and Feeding Tubes.- Part 9 - NeuroIR & Pain Interventions.- Stroke.- Pain Interventions
