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Ultrasound Fundamentals

An Evidence-Based Guide for Medical Practitioners

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  • Provides an overview to using ultrasound within inpatient and outpatient settings and in various specialties

  • Practical, concise and evidence-based

  • Written by experts in topics related to ultrasound from different institutions and clinical specialties and fully illustrated

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Ultrasound Basics

  2. Head and Neck Ultrasound

  3. Upper and Lower Extremity Ultrasound

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About this book

Written by experts in the field, this concise and evidence-based ultrasound text includes key topics ranging from the head and neck to the upper and lower extremity, covering all the clinically relevant sonoanatomy. This 33-chapter book emphasizes the practical use of ultrasound for the diagnosis and treatment of a multitude of conditions in various specialty areas such as airway management, cardiovascular disease assessment, pulmonary status evaluation, orthopedics, gynecology and pediatrics.  The optimal techniques and the step-by-step interpretation of normal and pathologic sonoanatomy are discussed in detail. This text can be used as a starting point for the study of ultrasound guided diagnosis and treatment, a refresher manual for sonoanatomy on major organ systems, or a last-minute guide before a bedside procedure. There is a great breadth of material that is covered in a comprehensive manner, making it a great resource for board review and exam preparation for various medical, surgical and allied specialties. 

   

Unique and pragmatic, Ultrasound Fundamentals is a back to basics manual on normal and pathologic sonoanatomy of head and neck, upper and lower extremity, chest, abdomen and other major organ systems


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Jinlei Li, Robert Ming-Der Chow

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

  • Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neurosciences LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, USA

    Alan David Kaye

About the editors



Jinlei Li M.D., Ph.D., F.A.S.A.

Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology

Yale University School of Medicine

Director of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Service at YNHH






Robert Ming-Der Chow MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine


Nalini Vadivelu MD
Professor Department of Anesthesiology 
Yale University School of Medicine
Clinical Director of Ambulatory Pain YNHH

Co-editor of Essentials of Pain Management and Essentials of Regional Anesthesia, both by Springer and Pocket Pain medicine by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.



Alan David Kaye

Louisiana State University

Department of Anesthesiology

New Orleans, LA

USA




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ultrasound Fundamentals

  • Book Subtitle: An Evidence-Based Guide for Medical Practitioners

  • Editors: Jinlei Li, Robert Ming-Der Chow, Nalini Vadivelu, Alan David Kaye

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46839-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46838-5Published: 04 March 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46841-5Published: 05 March 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46839-2Published: 03 March 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 382

  • Number of Illustrations: 124 b/w illustrations, 304 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ultrasound, Anesthesiology

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