Diagnostic Imaging of AIDS [antikvár]

Foreword While the AIDS pandemic appears to slow its rate of growth as it spreads into the heterosexual population of the industrial world, it is becoming apparent that the disease is going to dominate many aspects of medical practice for several decades to come. Radiologists will need to recognize its appearances, to understand how, safely, to look after patients with the disease, and to know enough about the illness to be able to counsel their patients, their staff, and their colleagues. This book from the Netherlands, with contributions from New York, accomplishes these goals admirably. It is divided into four sections, the first of which provides up-to-date information on the disease, its epidemiology, and its pathophysiology, as well as a chapter on how to prevent transmission in the radiology department. The other three sections describe the clinical and imaging aspects of the disease in the nervous system, the lungs, and the gastrointestinal tract. The book has a global approach, including data from Europe, North America, and Africa, and the imaging represents both the European and North American experience. The book is hard to put down, as it is so well written and the subject matter so urgent. The radiology material is thorough and well illustrated. This book should serve as a reference for radiologists the world over, gathering in one volume a great deal of material that would otherwise require researching a large number of textbooks and journals. The authors have produced a cohesive account of AIDS that will educate and guide radiologic practice. G. W. Stevenson, FRCP, FRCR, FRCP(C) Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences Hamilton, Canada He ad of Section, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Hamilton, Canada