Table of Contents

Contributor List
Preface
1. Critical Care and Emergency Ultrasound
2. Ultrasound Basics
3. Ultrasound Orientation
4. Probe Selection, Machine Controls, and Equipment
5. Ultrasound of the Aorta
6. Echocardiography
7. Thoracic Ultrasound
8. Ultrasound of the Inferior Vena Cava
9. Ultrasound Evaluation of Peritoneal Fluid
10. Renal and Urinary System Ultrasound
11. Hepatobiliary Ultrasound
12. Ultrasound of the Female Pelvis
13. Testicular Ultrasound
14. Ocular Ultrasound
15. Ultrasound for Deep Venous Thrombosis
16. Soft Tissue and Extremity Ultrasound
17. Ultrasound for Venous Access
18. Ultrasound for Thoracentesis
19. Ultrasound for Paracentesis
20. Ultrasound for Pericardiocentesis and Cardiac Pacing
21. Ultrasound for Arthrocentesis
22. Ultrasound for Endotracheal Intubation
23. Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks
24. Ultrasound in Acute Trauma
25. Approach to the Patient with Undifferentiated Hypotension
26. Approach to the Patient with Undifferentiated Chest Pain and Dyspnea
27. Approach to the Patient with Undifferentiated Abdominal Pain
Index

About the Author

Kristen A. Carmody, MD, RDMS, RDCS
Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Christopher L. Moore, MD, RDMS, RDCS
Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
David Feller-Kopman, MD
Director, Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD