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Book SynopsisIn this critical area of emergency care, a sound knowledge and understanding of this essential skill is of utmost importance. The authors have extensive knowledge in this field and are considered leaders in the development of point of care ultrasound, with extensive international experience of teaching in this area.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors x
About the Companion Website xvii
Introduction: What is Point-of-Care Ultrasound? 1
James A. Connolly, Anthony J. Dean, Beatrice Hoffmann and Robert D. Jarman
Part 1 Physics 5
1 How Does Ultrasound Work? 7
Heather Venables
Part 2 Ultrasound by Region 13
Thorax 14
2 Evaluation of the Chest Wall, Pleura and Lung 15
Gebhard Mathis and Anthony J. Dean
3 Point-of-Care Ultrasonography of the Thoracic Aorta 32
R. Andrew Taylor and Christopher L. Moore
4 Anatomy/Ultrasonography of the Heart 39
Conn Russell
5 Basic Point-of-Care Echocardiography: Interpretation and Haemodynamic Assessment 47
Craig Morris
6 Beyond Basic Point-of-Care Echocardiography 56
Sean Bennett
Abdomen 69
7 Ultrasound Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta in the Acute Setting 71
Simon Richards
8 Focussed Assessment with Sonography in Trauma – The FAST Exam 83
Rajat Gangahar
9 Advanced Gastrointestinal Ultrasound: Identifying Appendicitis, Pneumoperitoneum, Intussusception and Diverticulitis 101
Beatrice Hoffmann and Sara Damewood
10 Intravascular Volume Assessment by Ultrasound Evaluation of the Inferior Vena Cava 115
Anthony J. Dean
11 Emergency Ultrasound in First-Trimester Pregnancy 126
Andrew M. Kestler and John L. Kendall
12 Second- and Third-Trimester Pregnancy 143
Elena Skomorovsky, John Gullett and David C. Pigott
13 Gynaecological Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine: The Non-Pregnant Female Patient with Abdomino-Pelvic Pain 152
Martha Villalba and Michael Lambert
14 Focused Hepatobiliary Ultrasound 162
Resa Lewiss
15 Renal Ultrasound 175
Lisa Munro Davies
16 Ultrasound Evaluation of the Acute Scrotum 194
J. Matthew Fields
Extremities 203
17 The Lower Limb and the Upper Limb 205
David Lewis and John Gullett
18 Ultrasonography of Deep Venous Thrombosis 221
Joshua S. Rempell and Vicki E. Noble
19 Transcranial Doppler 233
John Gullett
20 Ocular Ultrasound 241
Anumeha Singh and Dietrich von Kuenssberg Jehle
21 Airway/Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Sonography 251
Barton Brown and Srikar Adhikari
Part 3 Paediatrics 259
22 Paediatric Musculoskeletal Point-of-Care Ultrasound 261
Paul Atkinson and Peter Ross
23 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care 270
Mahmoud A. Elbarbary
24 Paediatric Abdominal Ultrasound 280
Jennifer R. Marin
Part 4 Adjunct to Practical Procedures 287
25 Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access 289
Nova L. Panebianco
26 Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis and Thoracentesis 296
David B. Richards
27 Suprapubic Aspiration and Catheterisation 302
Fernando Silva
28 Ultrasound in the Management of Fractures 307
Paul Atkinson and Peter Ross
29 Ultrasound-Guided (USG) Peripheral Nerve Block (PNB) 314
Jens Børglum and Kenneth Jensen
30 Foreign Body and Abscess 331
Erskine J. Holmes
31 Ultrasound of the Airway 337
Christopher T. Wall, Seth R. Strote, Liberty V. Caroon and Robert F. Reardon
Part 5 Syndromic Approach 347
32 Chest Pain and Dyspnea 349
Lawrence A. Melniker
33 Bedside Ultrasound as an Adjunct in the Evaluation and Management of Critically Ill Patients 355
Anthony J. Dean and Sarah A. Stahmer
34 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest: The FEEL Protocol 371
Elena Costantini, Peter M. Zechner, Frank Heringer, Colleen Cuca, Felix Walcher and Raoul Breitkreutz
35 Non-Invasive Haemodynamics 375
Erik Sloth, Christian Alcaraz Frederiksen and Peter Juhl-Olsen
36 Doppler Assessment of Haemodynamics 379
Brendan E. Smith and Veronica M. Madigan
37 Algorithmic Bedside Approach to the Major Trauma Patient in Extremis 386
Robert Arntfield and Andrew W. Kirkpatrick
38 A Syndromic Approach with Sonography to the Patient with Abdominal Pain 392
Jonathan Fischer and Pablo Aguillera
39 A Syndromic Approach to the Pregnant Patient 400
Joseph Wood
40 The Use of Ultrasound in Evaluating Dyspnoea/Respiratory Distress in Infants and Children 404
Roberto Copetti and Luigi Cattarossi
41 Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Human Immune-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) Co-Infection: The FASH Scan 410
Hein Lamprecht
42 Fever and Ultrasound 418
Gabriel Simon and Beatrice Hoffmann
Part 6 Different Environments 423
43 The Role of Ultrasound in Pre-Hospital Care 425
Tim Harris, Adam Bystrzycki and Stefan M. Mazur
Appendix A1: Selected Protocols for Cardiac and Critical Care Ultrasound 440
44 Use of Ultrasound in Extreme or Hostile Environments (Online only) 454
Kenton Anderson
45 Setting Up an Ultrasound Programme in Underdeveloped Healthcare Systems (Online only) 462
Hein Lamprecht and John Sloan
Part 7 Administration (Online only) 471
46 Best Practice and Future Developments in Point-of-Care Ultrasound (Online only) 473
Robert D. Jarman
47 The Role of Phantoms and Simulation in Teaching Ultrasound Skills in Emergency Medicine (Online only) 479
Mike Wells and Lara Goldstein
48 Ultrasound in Undergraduate Medical Education (Online only) 487
Richard A. Hoppmann
49 Departmental Implementation: Setting up an Ultrasound Training Programme for Medical Students - Experience of Two Universities (Online only) 493
David C. Wherry and Mark W. Bowyer
50 Future of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (Online only) 503
Michael Blaivas
Appendix A2: Normal Ultrasound Values (Online only) 506
Phil Johnstone
Index 511
