General Ultrasound in the Critically Ill 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Lichtenstein, Daniel A. (Author), Pinsky, M. R. (Foreword by), Jardin, F. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 3540208224 ISBN-13: 9783540208228 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $189.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Critical Care - Medical | Emergency Medicine - Medical | Diagnostic Imaging - Ultrasonography |
Dewey: 616.075 |
LCCN: 2004105722 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.2" W x 10.2" (1.40 lbs) 202 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: General ultrasound in the critically ill describes a new clinical tool: ultrasound for the intensive care and emergency physician. Written by an intensivist familiar with ultrasound, it specifically details findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout its approx. 220 pages. Through a whole-body approach, this book considers new emergency applications regarding the abdomen, venous system, head, heart, and the most original topic, the lung. Flow charts are proposed to resolve daily intensive care and emergency occurrences: acute dyspnea, shock, unexplained fever, etc. The strong points and pitfalls of ultrasound are reviewed in detail. This book shows just how critical ultrasound has proven to be in satisfying a major concern in the intensive care and emergency medicine fields: speed and accuracy. With this ever-present requirement for rapid diagnosis in mind, General ultrasound in the critically ill provides a key to practicing a visual medicine, a great benefit to the critically ill patient, especially since ultrasound is noninvasive and can be done at the bedside. This volume is not only an exhaustive atlas dealing with the most variable aspects of the critically ill patient, but it is above all a guide, a permanent aid in the therapeutic decision. |