Main description:

This text presents a basic guide of the principles and applications of ultrasound in the critical care setting. The text also addresses the basic and clinical uses of ultrasound, including clinical cases at the end of each of the 7 sections of the clinical subdivisions. The final chapters focus on the issues of training, certification, credentialing and billing. These discussions make the text unique, as literature regarding monetary and training issues for ultrasound in the ICU is sparse. Each chapter is written by experts in the field, and supplemented with illustrations and links to videos of actual ultrasound examinations in patients.

Ultrasonography in the ICU: Practical Applications will be of great utility to critical care specialists in the disciplines of surgery, medicine, anesthesiology and emergency medicine. In addition this book can be used as a teaching tool for critical care fellows and residents interested in further training in ultrasound for the critically ill patient.

Contents:

I. Basics of Ultrasound

1. The Machine

2. Frequency and probes

3. Common Artifacts

4. The Doppler Effect

II. Thoracic Ultrasound

5. The Pleura

6. The Lung

7. Procedures

8. Cases

III. Echocardiogram for the Intensivist

9. Rationale

10. Limited echocardiogram vs. full service echo

11. The Windows

12. The Measurements

13. The interpretation

14. Cases

IV. Vascular Ultrasound in the Critically Ill

15. Deep Venous Thrombosis

16. Line Placement

17. Cases

V. Basic Abdominal Ultrasound in the ICU

18. Evaluation for free fluid

19. Basic Renal ultrasound

20. Evaluation of the Gallbladder

21. Procedures

22. Cases

VI. Soft Tissue

23. Facial Dehiscence

24. Soft tissue masses and collections

VII. Other Issues

25. Training Challenges

26. Credentialing Process

27. Billing and Coding