Overview
- Guides medical professionals in acquiring skills in basic ultrasound imaging
- Describes the most common scans performed at the patient’s bedside
- Details indications, basic techniques, probe placement, anatomy, pathology, pearls, and key points in ultrasound imaging
- Extensive collection of images and video clips aids in the interpretation of ultrasound scans, depicts anatomic landmarks, and identifies key pathologic findings for each organ system
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This pocket manual is designed to guide medical professionals in acquiring skills in basic ultrasound imaging. It describes the most common scans performed at the patient’s bedside, specifically in the emergency department or intensive care unit. Following an overview of basic ultrasound principles, the use of this modality to visualize specific organ systems is described. In a quick-reference bulleted format, each chapter details indications, basic techniques (patient position, organ windows/views), probe placement, anatomy, pathology, pearls, and key points in ultrasound imaging. The extensive collection of images helps orient the reader in interpreting the scans, depicts anatomic landmarks, and identifies key pathologic findings for each organ system. Clinical Ultrasound: A Pocket Manual is an accessible guide to performing bedside ultrasound imaging for emergency medicine physicians, primary care physicians, critical care medicine providers, residents, and medical students.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Reviews
“This is a clearly written, well laid out and illustrated comprehensive, pocket-sized introductory text for the ultrasound novice, with additional online resources … . The text has been written for emergency care and other physicians to support point-of-care imaging and is extremely wide ranging … . ” (Daniel Boxer, RAD Magazine, August, 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Angela Bray Creditt, DO, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
Jordan Tozer, MD, MS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
Michael Vitto, DO, MS, RDMS, RDCS, Assistant Professor, Simulation Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
Michael Joyce, MD, RDMS, RDCS, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
Lindsay Taylor, MD, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Clinical Ultrasound
Book Subtitle: A Pocket Manual
Authors: Angela Creditt, Jordan Tozer, Michael Vitto, Michael Joyce, Lindsay Taylor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68634-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68633-2Published: 29 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68634-9Published: 09 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 358
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 371 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ultrasound, Emergency Medicine, Primary Care Medicine