Main description:

This handbook is a guide to ultrasound and its applications in anaesthesia for clinicians.

Divided into eight sections, the book begins with an overview of the basics of ultrasound including equipment, terminology and how to perform an ultrasound scan.

The following chapters describe techniques for various anaesthetic procedures under ultrasound guidance including central and peripheral venous access, regional block, upper and lower extremity nerve blocks, and transversus abdominis plane block.

The comprehensive text is further enhanced by more than 300 ultrasound images, clinical photographs and tables.

Key points

Guide to ultrasound and its applications for anaesthesiologists
Provides understanding of basics of ultrasound
Describes techniques for various anaesthetic procedures under ultrasound
Highly illustrated with more than 300 ultrasound images, photographs and tables

Contents:

Chapter 1. Basics of Ultrasound
Chapter 2. Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Access
Chapter 3. Complications and their Management
Chapter 4. Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Venous Access
Chapter 5. Introduction of Ultrasound-guided Regional Block
Chapter 6. Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks
Chapter 7. Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks
Chapter 8. Transversus Abdominis Plane Block

Index