Ultrasound Evaluation of Peritoneal Fluid

Dec 23, 2019 by in EMERGENCY MEDICINE Comments Off on Ultrasound Evaluation of Peritoneal Fluid

Background and Indications for Examination Print Section Listen Bedside ultrasound is an optimal first-line imaging modality for the evaluation of peritoneal free fluid. The “focused assessment with sonography in trauma”…

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Ultrasound of the Inferior Vena Cava

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Background and Indications for Examination Print Section Listen Ultrasound evaluation of the inferior vena cava (IVC) provides rapid, noninvasive assessment of a patient’s hemodynamic status at the bedside. The size…

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Ultrasound of the Aorta

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Background and Indications for Examination Print Section Listen Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has an adult incidence of 2%–4%, with approximately 10% of these cases occurring in people over the age…

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Ultrasound Orientation

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Introduction Print Section Listen Ultrasound orientation is essential to understand what is being seen in point-of-care ultrasound. There are two key aspects: how the indicator is oriented relative to the…

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Ultrasound Basics

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Ultrasound Physics Print Section Listen Ultrasound (US) uses the transmission and reflection of mechanical waves to generate an image. US frequency (f) is the number of wavelengths per second and…

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Critical Care and Emergency Ultrasound

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Introduction Print Section Listen Ultrasound has long been accepted as a safe and accurate imaging modality. Over the last several decades, advances in the equipment, training, and applications of ultrasound…

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Surgical Airway Management

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Chapter 19 Surgical Airway Management Aaron E. Bair and David A. Caro INTRODUCTION Surgical airway management is defined as the creation of an opening to the trachea by invasive, surgical…

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