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Critical care ultrasound manual / Anthony McLean and Stephen Huang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, ©2012Description: 1 online resource (xv, 181 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780729592000
  • 0729592006
Other title:
  • Ultrasound manual
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Critical care ultrasound manual.DDC classification:
  • 616.1207543 23
LOC classification:
  • RC78.7.U4
NLM classification:
  • 2013 I-177
  • WG 39
Online resources:
Contents:
Basic 2D ultrasound physics -- Knobology -- Common ultrasound artefacts in 2D imaging -- Transthoracic echocardiogram: Views and anatomy -- Rapid assessment by cardiac echocardiography (RACE) outline -- Left heart assessment -- Right heart assessment -- Pericardial assessment -- Intravascular volume (preload) assessment -- Other cardiac pathologies -- Vascular ultrasound: Rapid deep vein thrombosis (DVT) assessment -- Ultrasound-guided vascular access -- Lung and pleural ultrasound -- The standard FAST protocol -- Critical care abdominal ultrasound -- Appendix A: Basic doppler -- Appendix B: Normal reference values for transthoracic echocardiography -- Appendix C: Race study checklist and sample report -- Appendix D: Critical care ultrasound level of competency.
Summary: 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. Focus on helping readers obtain rapid practical information to assist management decisions. User-friendly layout. Explanatory diagrams, ultrasound images enhance the learning experience. Practical tips and cautions are highlighted in Boxes. MCQs on each chapter allow readers to analyse what they've learnt. The Appendices provide a checklist to assist interpretation of transthoracic echocardiogram in a systematic way, and a chapter on Doppler principles for those who wish to prepare the way for Doppler measurements.
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Basic 2D ultrasound physics -- Knobology -- Common ultrasound artefacts in 2D imaging -- Transthoracic echocardiogram: Views and anatomy -- Rapid assessment by cardiac echocardiography (RACE) outline -- Left heart assessment -- Right heart assessment -- Pericardial assessment -- Intravascular volume (preload) assessment -- Other cardiac pathologies -- Vascular ultrasound: Rapid deep vein thrombosis (DVT) assessment -- Ultrasound-guided vascular access -- Lung and pleural ultrasound -- The standard FAST protocol -- Critical care abdominal ultrasound -- Appendix A: Basic doppler -- Appendix B: Normal reference values for transthoracic echocardiography -- Appendix C: Race study checklist and sample report -- Appendix D: Critical care ultrasound level of competency.

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. Focus on helping readers obtain rapid practical information to assist management decisions. User-friendly layout. Explanatory diagrams, ultrasound images enhance the learning experience. Practical tips and cautions are highlighted in Boxes. MCQs on each chapter allow readers to analyse what they've learnt. The Appendices provide a checklist to assist interpretation of transthoracic echocardiogram in a systematic way, and a chapter on Doppler principles for those who wish to prepare the way for Doppler measurements.

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