Ma & Mateers Emergency Ultrasound, 4th edition

The classic comprehensive text on point-of-care ultrasound has been updated with the most current techniques and diagnostic methods, and includes videos showing common procedures in real time
Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound has been the definitive text for clinicians text since it was first published. This heavily illustrated guide from top experts in the field covers the training, techniques, and diagnostic skills for successful point-of-care ultrasound, with a special emphasis on problems most commonly encountered in the emergency or acute care setting.
Packed with 200 photos and illustrations, this brand-new edition gets you fully up to speed on the use of ultrasound in trauma, cardiac, critical care, pulmonary, hepatobiliary, renal, testicular, and other applications, as well as clinical considerations and indications, anatomical considerations, common abnormalities, and mistakes to avoid. With consistent chapter organization that makes it easy to find the answers you need, this peerless text includes side-by-side comparisons of normal/abnormal scans; new chapters on pulmonary and critical care; expanded chapters on cardiac and musculoskeletal ultrasound; and includes videos of common procedures in real time.

Table of Contents:

1 Equipment

2 Training and Credentialing

3 The Science of Image Generation

4 Point-of-Care Ultrasound Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement

5 Transthoracic Echocardiography

6 Transesophageal Echocardiography

7 Thorax

8 Resuscitation of the Critically Ill

9 Trauma

10 Sonographic Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain

11 Aortic Emergencies

12 Hepatobiliary

13 Renal

14 Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Wall

15 Pediatric Applications

16 First Trimester Pregnancy

17 Second and Third Trimester Pregnancy

18 Gynecologic Concepts

19 Testicular

20 Deep Venous Thrombosis

21 Musculoskeletal

22 Soft Tissue Infections

23 Ocular

24 Airway and Facial Applications

25 Vascular Access

26 Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia

27 Additional Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

28 Prehospital and Austere Environments

29 Ultrasound in Low-Resource Settings

Index