Ultrasound in Anesthetic Practice with DVD-ROM

Preface; 1. Physical principles of medical ultrasound Graham Arthurs, Trevor Frankel and Patrick Hill; 2. Ultrasound to aid vascular access Philip Haslam; 3. Diagnostic echocardiography Tom Ingram; 4. The role of echocardiography in the haemodynamically unstable patient in critical care and the operating theatre Julian Skoyles and Henry Skinner; 5. Transoesophageal diagnostic Doppler monitoring Robert Kong; 6. Ultrasound in the intensive care unit John Oram and Andy Bodenham; 7. Ultrasound in the traumatised patient and the acute abdomen Sapna Puppala, Vishwanath Acharya and David Parker; 8. Ultrasound to aid local anaesthetic nerve blocks in adults Barry Nicholls, Stephan Kapral and Peter Marhofer; 9. Ultrasound to aid local anaesthetic nerve blocks in children Amy Walker and Steve Roberts; 10. Cranial ultrasound in the newborn Owen Arthurs; 11. Ultrasound in acute gynaecology and pregnancy assessment William Taylor; 12. Ultrasound in ophthalmic anaesthesia Chandra Kumar; 13. Ultrasound in assessing soft tissue injury Geoff Hide; Index.