Ultrasound in Critical Care

This book is a complete guide to the use of ultrasound in critical care.

Beginning with an overview of ultrasound and its applications, the next chapters discuss basic physics of ultrasound, modes of ultrasonography, and Doppler imaging.

The following sections cover the use of ultrasound in different critical care situations including for vascular access, in acute respiratory distress syndrome, for cardiac evaluation, in neurocritical care, in the ICU, and more.

The book concludes with clinical case scenarios and guidance on infection control and legal issues in ICU sonography.

The comprehensive text is further enhanced by more than 300 ultrasound images, figures and tables to assist learning.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to the use of ultrasound in critical care
• Includes discussion on basic physics and modes of ultrasound
• Provides clinical case scenarios and guidance on infection control
• Features more than 300 ultrasound images, figures and tables

• Point of Care Ultrasound
• Applications in Critical Care Medicine
• Should Intensivist do the Ultrasonography: Guidelines, Qualification, Experience and Training?
• Basic Physics of Ultrasound and the Doppler Phenomenon
• Modes of Ultrasonography
• Doppler Imaging
• Ultrasound for Vascular Access
• Airway Ultrasound
• Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy and Cricothyrotomy
• Lung Ultrasound
• Chest Ultrasound in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Ultrasonography in Cardiac Evaluation
• Volume Status Assessment and Predicting Volume Responsiveness
• Ultrasound in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Ultrasound-guided Therapeutic Procedures in Intensive Care Unit
• Ultrasonography in Neurocritical Care
• Focused Assessment Sonography of Trauma
• Abdominal Ultrasonography in the Intensive Care Unit
• Blue, Falls, and Sesame Protocol
• Ultrasound of Diaphragm
• Ultrasonography for Assessment of Muscles Dysfunction in ICU
• Ultrasonography in Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Clinical Case Scenarios
• Infection Control and Legal Issues in ICU Sonography

Index

Puneet Khanna MBBS MD AIIMS FAGE
Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, Former Senior Research Associate, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India