Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound

This book is a practical and concise introduction to bedside emergency ultrasound. It covers the full spectrum of conditions diagnosed via this modality and gives useful instruction for using ultrasound to guide commonly performed invasive procedures. It introduces the major applications for emergency ultrasound by using focused diagnostic questions and teaching the image acquisition skills needed to answer these questions. Images of positive and negative findings for each application (FAST, echocardiography, etc.) are presented, as well as scanning tips for improved image quality. Each section also contains a review of the literature supporting each application.