Main description:

Point-of-care ultrasound has become a vital part of patient assessment in critical care units across the world. Its diagnostic sensitivity and specificity allow clinicians to accurately examine all major organ systems within a matter of minutes.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date practical guide to the use of POCUS in critical care, and features:

detailed descriptions of how to perform a multi-system POCUS examination and its advantages over traditional techniques
practical details of how to use POCUS in the assessment of shock, trauma and cardiac arrest
contributions from leading POCUS specialists
accreditation pathways
hundreds of images

The book is accompanied by an additional image and video clip library which will help readers better understand ultrasound and incorporate it into their daily practice.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Critical Care is an essential handbook for clinicians working in critical care and anaesthesia. This book is also useful for those working in emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery, and pre-hospital medicine. With POCUS likely to become a core competency in intensive care medicine over the coming years, this book is the perfect handbook for trainees.

Contents:

An introduction to ultrasound

1. The evolution of critical care ultrasound - Luke Flower & Pradeep Madhivathanan

2. Basic ultrasound physics - Abhishek Jha & Pablo Rojas Zamora

3. Image optimization and artefacts - Elliot Smith

Echocardiography

4. Focused versus advanced echocardiography - Angus McKnight & Stuart Gillon

5. Fundamentals of transthoracic echocardiography - Richard Fisher

6. Fundamentals of transoesophageal echocardiography - Dan Aston

7. Assessment of the left heart - Filippo Sanfilippo, Luigi La Via & Gianluca Paternoster

8. Assessment of the right heart - Sam Clark

9. Focused valvular assessment - Tim Keady & Sam Clark

10. Assessment of the pericardium and pericardiocentesis - Alejandra Ceballos, Julian Rios Rios & Pradeep Madhivathanan

Lung ultrasound

11. Fundamentals of point-of-care lung ultrasound - Hatem Soliman-Aboumarie & Luna Gargani

12. Lung and pleural pathology - Ashley Miller, Marcus Peck & Jonny Wilkinson

13. Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis - Chuen Khaw, Luke Flower & Jim Buckley

Abdominal ultrasound

14. Basic hepatic and biliary ultrasound - Jonny Wilkinson, Marcus Peck & Ashley Miller

15. Ultrasound assessment of the renal tract and bladder - Maryam Khosravi

16. Ultrasound-guided abdominal paracentesis - Charlotte Hateley & Arun Sivananthan

Vascular ultrasound

17. Basic aortic ultrasound - Jonny Wilkinson, Marcus Peck & Ashley Miller

18. Deep vein thrombosis scanning in critical care - Rosie Baruah, David Hall & Colum O'Hare

19. Ultrasound-guided venous access - Zdenek Bares

Neurological ultrasound

20. Transcranial Doppler and optic nerve sheath diameter - Manni Waraich

21. Ultrasound-guided spinal procedures - John Dick & Kay Mak

Airway ultrasound

22. Ultrasound to confirm airway placement and guide percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy - Adrian Wong

Situational ultrasound

23. POCUS in the assessment of shock - Ashraf Roshdy

24. POCUS assessment of fluid status - Olusegun Olusanya & Ashley Miller

25. POCUS in trauma - Dipak Mistry

26. POCUS in cardiac arrest - Luke Flower & Pradeep Madhivathanan

27. POCUS in intensive care unit acquired weakness - Sunil Patel & Zudin Puthucheary

Ultrasound education

28. Ultrasound education in critical care - Jonathan Aron & Sarah Morton

Index