Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jankowich, Matthew (Editor), Gartman, Eric (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2015.
• Series: Respiratory Medicine,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit explores the current state of evidence supporting use of bedside ultrasound for procedural guidance and for the critical care-focused assessment of a variety of organ systems.  This text covers standard practice areas, such as ultrasound guidance for vascular ac...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Principles of Ultrasound for the Intensivist
• 2. Critical Care Ultrasound Education
• 3. Ultrasound for Vascular Access
• 4. Ultrasound Evaluation of Shock and Volume Status in the Intensive Care Unit
• 5. Ultrasound Evaluation of Shock and Volume Status in the Intensive Care Unit
• 6. Critical Care Echocardiography: Right Ventricular Dysfunction
• 7. Critical Care Echocardiography: Pericardial Disease, Tamponade, and Other Topics
• 8. Ultrasound and Airway Management
• 9. Lung Ultrasound in Respiratory Failure and Pneumonia
• 10. Pleural Ultrasound
• 11. Diaphragm Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit
• 12. Abdominal Ultrasound and Genitourinary Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit
• 13. Intensive Care Unit Ultrasound for Venous Thromboembolism
• 14. Ultrasound in Trauma Critical Care
• 15. Ultrasound in the Neurointensive Care Unit
• 16. Ultrasound in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.