Critical Care Ultrasound Manual is a concise step-by-step guide on the assessment of ultrasounds. It trains critical care physicians in applying Rapid Assessment by Cardiac Echo (RACE) and Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) to sonography principles. Animated video clips of procedures assist the reader in comprehending the content covered in the manual. INDICE: Chapter 1: Basic 2D ultrasound physicsChapter 2: KnobologyChapter 3: Common ultrasound artefacts in 2D imagingChapter 4: Transthoracic echocardiogram - views and anatomyChapter 5: RACE outlineChapter 6: Left heart assessmentChapter 7: Right heart assessmentChapter 8: Pericardial assessmentChapter 9: Intravascular volume (preload assessment)Chapter 10: Other pathologiesChapter 11: Vascular ultrasound: rapid Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) assessmentChapter 12: Ultrasound-guided vascular accessChapter 13: Lung and pleural ultrasoundChapter 14: The standard FAST protocolChapter 15: Critical care abdominal ultrasoundAppendix A: Basic Doppler PhysicsAppendix B: Normal reference values for transthoracic echocardiographyAppendix C: RACE study checklist and sample reportAppendix D: Critical care ultrasound level of competency
- ISBN: 978-0-7295-4093-3
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 21/06/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés