Chest Sonography

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Indications, Technical Prerequisites and Investigation Procedure

   • Sonja Beckh

   Pages 1-9

3. The Chest Wall

   • Gebhard Mathis, Wolfgang Blank

   Pages 11-25

4. Pleura

   • Joachim Reuss

   Pages 27-54

5. Lung Consolidation

   • Gebhard Mathis, Sonja Beckh, Christian Görg

   Pages 55-114

6. Mediastinum

   • Wolfgang Blank, Jouke T. Annema, Maud Veseliç, Klaus F. Rabe

   Pages 115-139

7. Endobronchial Sonography

   • Felix J. F. Herth, Ralf Eberhardt

   Pages 141-148

8. Vascularization

   • Christian Görg

   Pages 149-176

9. Image Artifacts and Pitfalls

   • Andreas Schuler

   Pages 177-186

10. Interventional Chest Sonography

    • Wolfgang Blank

    Pages 187-209

11. The White Hemithorax

    • Christian Görg

    Pages 211-220

12. From the Symptom to the Diagnosis

    • Sonja Beckh

    Pages 221-233

13. Emergency Sonography in the Chest (Excluding Echocardiography)

    • Gebhard Mathis, Joseph Osterwalder

    Pages 235-239

14. Lung Ultrasound in Newborns, Infants, and Children

    • Roberto Copetti, Luigi Cattarossi

    Pages 241-245

15. Back Matter

    Pages 247-249

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Chest sonography is an established procedure in the assessment of pulmonary and pleural disease, allowing the investigator to make an unequivocal diagnosis without exposing the patient to costly and stressful procedures. Since the second edition of this book, the value of chest sonography has been further demonstrated in many new studies, especially regarding the application of portable ultrasound stethoscope systems. The new edition presents the state of the art in chest investigation by means of ultrasonography and takes into account the results of the 1st International Consensus Conference on Pleural and Lung Ultrasound. The numerous excellent illustrations and the compact text provide concise and easy-to-assimilate information about the diagnostic procedure. Basic aspects such as indications, investigative techniques, and image artifacts are detailed in separate chapters, and new chapters have been included on emergency ultrasound of the chest and pediatric chest sonography.

• Chest
• Pneumology
• Sonography
• Ultrasound Diagnostics
• Ultrasonography

• Interne Abteilung, Städt. Krankenhaus Hohenems, Hohenems, Austria

  Gebhard Mathis

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