ISCCM Manual of Critical Care Ultrasound

by Deepak Govil, Shrikanth Srinivasan, Sachin Gupta

The aim of this ISCCM manual is to focus on the Critical Care Ultrasound. Point-of-care ultrasound has become an integral part of critical care medicine practice. This bedside modality provides us with a valuable, real-time insight into a patient’s deranged physiology with a high level of sensitivity and specificity. This book comprised of point-of-care ultrasonography in critical care, fundamental principles, airway ultrasound in critical care, lung and diaphragm ultrasonography in critical care, echocardiography in critical care, abdomen and aorta, neurosonography, and vascular access, which are further divided into 22 chapters. These chapters broadly cover the various aspects and the clinical utility and pitfalls of point-of-care ultrasound for the novice user. This manual will serve as reference book for young intensivists, anesthesiologist, pulmonary and emergency physicians and trainees who are working in acute care settings.

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