Practical guide to emergency ultrasound / editors, Karen S. Cosby, John L. Kendall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cosby, Karen S., editor.

Kendall, John L., editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine--Diagnosis.

Emergency medicine.

Ultrasonic imaging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 452 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Keep pace with the rapid changes in Emergency Ultrasound knowledge. This 2nd edition of the Practical Guide to Emergency Ultrasound addressesyour need fora practical,comprehensive,how-tobook on ultrasound techniques in the emergency department, including new and expanded applications. Organized in an easy-to-navigate problem-based and symptom-based approach, chapters cover many uses for ultrasound in the ED and proper ultrasound technique. Over 900 images, many in full color, illustrate key concepts and diagnoses, including the use of echocardiography in the ED and newer applications for imagi

Contents:

section I. Getting started with bedside ultrasound

section II. Ultrasound in the resuscitation of acute injury or illness

section III. Evaluation of abdominal conditions

section IV. Evaluation of pelvic complaints

section V. Vascular emergencies

section VI. Scrotal emergencies

section VII. Soft tissue and musculoskeletal conditions

section VIII. Problems of the head and neck

section IX. Pediatric ultrasound

section X. Implementing ultrasound into the clinical setting.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781469830100

1469830108

9781469839332

1469839334

9781469830117

1469830116

9781469877129

1469877120

OCLC:

873761839