Practical Ultrasound in Anesthesia for Critical Care and Pain Management. The Essential Point of Care Guide

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• Physics of Medical Ultrasound
  Nicholas Record, Alasdair Taylor, and James S. Bowness
• Practical Applications: Getting the Best Out of Your Ultrasound Machine
  Ronald Silva and Clara Lopes
• Artificial Intelligence for Ultrasound in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
  Fiona H. Watson, Alasdair Taylor, and James S. Bowness
• Vascular Access
  Massimo Lamperti and Boris Tufegdzic
• Airway Ultrasound
  Massimiliano Sorbello and Stefano Falcetta
• Regional Anaesthesia: General Aspects
  Clara A. Lobo and Louise Moran
• Neuraxial Regional Anaesthesia: Ultrasound Guidance for Spinal and Epidural Blocks
  Sree Kolli and Hari Kalagara
• Plan A Blocks (Basic): Blocks for Upper and Lower Limb, and Trunk
  Maria Paz Sebastian, Lara Ribeiro, and Louise Moran
• Advanced Plan B Nerve Blocks
  Steve Coppens
• Transthoracic Echocardiography: The Basics
  Guillaume Salama, Victor Beaucote, and Antoine Vieillard-Baron
• Lung Ultrasound
  Giovanni Volpicelli and Serena Rovida
• Brain Ultrasound
  Manfredi Pusateri, Andrea Berardino, and Chiara Robba
• Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound for Estimation of Aspiration Risk
  Amit Jain
• Deep Venous Thrombosis
  Daniele Guerino Biasucci, Roberto Polidoro, and Luigi Vetrugno
• Training, Certification of Proficiency and Medicolegal Concerns for Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Anesthesia and Critical Care
  William P. Qiao, Stephen C. Haskins, and Yuriy S. Bronshteyn

Descripción

This new revised edition reflects the latest advances in clinical practice. It remains an indispensable reference that covers essential and debated aspects of ultrasound for the practising anaesthetist, such as big vascular access, frontal neck access, nerve blocks, and gastric evaluation. It presents the important clinical topics where ultrasound can guide an anaesthetist, offers a practical and reliable guide to often debated aspects of clinical practice, and provides an authoritative resource for the anaesthetist working in critical care and pain management.