Florian Falter • Nicholas J. Screaton
Editors

2014

The vast majority of intensive care patients will have at least one form of radiological investigation during their stay on an intensive care unit. Whether it is a bedside chest X-ray or a magnetic resonance angiography, both intensivists and radiologists  need to have a thorough understanding of the indication, the strengths and limitations of the available techniques, and the practicalities of carrying out an investigation on an intensive care patient. Despite the high level of necessary interaction between both specialties, it sometimes appears that they are speaking different languages!