This handbook is a guide to ultrasound and its applications in anaesthesia for clinicians.

Divided into eight sections, the book begins with an overview of the basics of ultrasound including equipment, terminology and how to perform an ultrasound scan.

The following chapters describe techniques for various anaesthetic procedures under ultrasound guidance including central and peripheral venous access, regional block, upper and lower extremity nerve blocks, and transversus abdominis plane block.

The comprehensive text is further enhanced by more than 300 ultrasound images, clinical photographs and tables.

Key points

• Guide to ultrasound and its applications for anaesthesiologists
• Provides understanding of basics of ultrasound
• Describes techniques for various anaesthetic procedures under ultrasound
• Highly illustrated with more than 300 ultrasound images, photographs and tables