General ultrasound in the critically ill

• Main Author: Lichtenstein, Daniel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Ultrasound.; Internal Medicine.

General ultrasound in the critically ill describes a bedside tool destined for use by the intensivist and any physician involved in emergencies. It specifically deals with findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout the body. New emergency applications of ultrasound in the abdomen, the vesse...

Table of Contents:

• Generalities
• Basic Notions
• The Ultrasound Equipment
• Specific Notions of Ultrasound in the Critically Ill
• General Ultrasound: Normal Patterns
• Organ by Organ Analysis
• Peritoneum
• Gastrointestinal Tract
• Liver
• Gallbladder
• Urinary Tract
• The Retroperitoneal Space
• Spleen, Adrenals, and Lymph Nodes
• Upper Extremity Central Veins
• Inferior Vena Cava
• Lower Extremity Veins
• Pleural Effusion and Introduction to the Lung Ultrasound Technique
• Pneumothorax and Introduction to Ultrasound Signs in the Lung
• Lung
• Lung Ultrasound Applications
• Mediastinum
• General Ultrasound of the Heart
• Head and Neck
• Soft Tissues
• Clinical Applications of Ultrasound
• Ultrasound in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• Ultrasound in Trauma
• Emergency Ultrasound Outside the Intensive Care Unit
• Interventional Ultrasound
• Emergency Ultrasound and Antibiotic Therapy
• Analytic Study of Frequent and/or Severe Situations
• Learning and Logistics of Emergency Ultrasound
• Ultrasound, a Tool for the Clinical Examination
• Concluding Remarks.