Errors in Emergency and Trauma Radiology

Errors in Emergency and Trauma Radiology: General Principles.- Errors in Acute Brain Imaging.-Errors in Acute Spinal Imaging.- Errors in Imaging of Chest Trauma.- Errors in Imaging of Acute Non-traumatic Thoracic Emergencies.- Errors in Imaging of Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma.- Errors in Imaging of Acute Non-traumatic Abdomen.- Errors in Imaging of Acute Female Pelvis.- Errors in Acute MSK Imaging.- Errors in Imaging of Pregnant Patients.- Errors in Imaging of Pediatric Patients.

Michael N. Patlas, MD, FRCPC, FSAR, is a Professor of Radiology and Emergency/Trauma Division Chief at the McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. He has authored over 185 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and abstracts and edited two books. Dr. Patlas is a Program Chair for the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. He is a Vice-President of the Ontario Association of Radiologists. Dr. Patlas is an editorial board member for Emergency Radiology, Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, and Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science, and a reviewer for ten journals. He has received multiple accolades for his research and clinical activities, including a Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Association of Radiologists, the Hamilton Health Sciences Medical Staff Association President's Award for Distinguished Service, McMaster University Academic Radiologist of the Year, and fourteen awards from the RSNA. He is an honouredFellow of the Society of Abdominal Radiology.

Douglas S. Katz, MD, FACR, FASER, FSAR (Fellow of the American College of Radiology, the American Society of Emergency Radiology, and the Society of Abdominal Radiology), has been the Director of Body Imaging and Vice Chair for Clinical Research and Education at Winthrop University Hospital (now NYU Winthrop Hospital), Mineola, Long Island, New York, USA since 1999, and as of late 2018 is now Vice Chair of Research at that institution. He has also been Professor of Radiology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook's School of Medicine since 2003. He has co-authored more than 800 publications (H index: 42; i10 index 134) and abstracts, as well as three books, several syllabi, and multiple book chapters. He has been attending of the year five times at his institution and is a past president of the Long Island Radiological Society. More recently, he has received top awards from his institution and medical school, including alumnus of the

"This book is best suited to the target audience it was set out to attract, which includes radiology learners and consultants, emergency health care providers, and physicians with a strong interest in improving emergency and trauma outcomes in patients requiring diagnostic imaging. This is an excellent resource for interns, residents, fellows, and consultants within emergency medicine, radiology, surgical, and trauma specialties, or general practitioners with emergency medicine training." (Stefanie Smulski and David Faraoni, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 129 (6), December, 2019)