Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Critical Care

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:

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