Point-of-care ultrasound has become a vital part of patient assessment in critical care units across the world. Its diagnostic sensitivity and specificity allow clinicians to accurately examine all major organ systems within a matter of minutes.
This book provides readers with a comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date practical guide to the use of POCUS in critical care, and features:
- detailed descriptions of how to perform a multi-system POCUS examination and its advantages over traditional techniques
- practical details of how to use POCUS in the assessment of shock, trauma and cardiac arrest
- contributions from leading POCUS specialists
- accreditation pathways
- hundreds of images
The book is accompanied by an additional image and video clip library which will help readers better understand ultrasound and incorporate it into their daily practice.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Critical Care is an essential handbook for clinicians working in critical care and anaesthesia. This book is also useful for those working in emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery, and pre-hospital medicine. With POCUS likely to become a core competency in intensive care medicine over the coming years, this book is the perfect handbook for trainees.
"If, like me, you are yet to fully master your ultrasound skills, then ‘Point of Care Ultrasound in Critical Care’ edited by Flower and Madhivathan is worth your precious time and cash. Kudos to these editors, and to each of contributing ultrasound gurus: they have ably summarized what ‘luddites’, like me, need….
If your ultrasound skills can be described with the same words that a Francophone colleague used to summarize my French language skills – namely ‘enthusiastic but modest’ – then you are, like me, this book’s target audience. I can happily report that I am now, if not ultrasound fluent, then at least more able to get around…
The authors and publishers deserve further kudos because this 28-chapter book is Goldilocks-long (340 pages), and affordably priced..." - Journal of Intensive Care Society
