State of the Art Techniques in Critical Care Echocardiography

State of the Art Techniques in Critical Care Echocardiography

This book covers all aspects of modern techniques used in the rapidly developing field of adult critical care echocardiography, 3D transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, myocardial tissue velocity and deformation... read more

Prehospital FAST Reduces Admission Time and Treatment

Prehospital FAST Reduces Admission Time and Treatment

The focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam is an established trauma care diagnostic procedure. Ultrasound performed during prehospital care can improve early treatment and management of the patients. According... read more

Point-of-Care Transcranial Doppler by Intensivists

Point-of-Care Transcranial Doppler by Intensivists

In the unconscious patient, there is a diagnostic void between the neurologic physical exam, and more invasive, costly and potentially harmful investigations. Transcranial color-coded sonography and two-dimensional transcranial... read more

Lack of Association of High Backrest With Sacral Tissue Changes in Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Lack of Association of High Backrest With Sacral Tissue Changes in Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Although higher backrest elevation may be a theoretical risk for integrity of sacral tissues, few data support use of high backrest elevation. Level of backrest elevation is not associated with changes in tissue integrity.... read more

Ultrasonography in Trauma: a Nation-wide Cross-Sectional Investigation

Ultrasonography in Trauma: a Nation-wide Cross-Sectional Investigation

The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) protocol is considered beneficial in emergent evaluation of trauma patients with blunt or penetrating injury and has become integrated into the Advanced Trauma Life... read more

Tech Doc: Ultrasound changing how physicians diagnose at your bedside

Tech Doc: Ultrasound changing how physicians diagnose at your bedside

Ultrasound is a high frequency sound, too high for humans to hear. Medical ultrasound or ultrasonography uses these high frequency sound waves to create images of organs and structures inside the body.... read more