Cardiopulmonary Point of Care Ultrasound (eBook)

This book is an illustration-rich practically focused resource on the use of cardiopulmonary point of care ultrasound (POCUS). It focuses on the applications of POCUS in a wide range of medical specialties especially critical care medicine, cardiology, emergency and respiratory medicine. Topics covered include the application of POCUS in diagnostics, monitoring of various cardiorespiratory conditions such as pulmonary edema, and the role it can perform in guiding interventions for pleural and pericardial effusion. Stunning illustrations and instructive accompanying video clips ensure that the reader can develop a deep understanding of how to properly apply the technology into day-to-day clinical practice. 

Cardiopulmonary Point of Care Ultrasound is edited and authored by a group of world-renowned experts in the field of critical care echocardiography and POCUS from critical care medicine, cardiology, respiratory medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, radiology and cardiac physiology with a powerful multi-specialty and multi-disciplinary collaboration. It offers detailed insight into the applications of this technique and associated technologies across medical specialties with a focus on cardiorespiratory disorders. The user-focused emphasis in this resource makes it an ideal bedside manual for both experienced practitioners and trainees in these fields.

Hatem Soliman Aboumarie is a consultant in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care at Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals in London, UK. He's an honorary senior lecturer in the school of cardiovascular sciences and medicine at King's College London where he teaches point of care ultrasound. He's a member of the board and Councillor for Echocardiography at the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology. He's a recognized expert in critical care echocardiography and delivered many invited lectures, webinars, workshops and symposia around the world.

Marcelo Haertel Miglioranza works at the Institute of Cardiology, University Foundation of Cardiology in Brazil. His special interests are in cardiology/echocardiographer and  advanced cardiovascular imaging, point-of-care echo and clinical validation of new technologies. He is  also a Professor at the post-graduation program and leader of a research group in Cardiovascular Imaging and Innovation.

Giovanni Volpicelli is an emergency physician at the Emergency Department of San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy. He was the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the 1st International Consensus Conference on Lung Ultrasound and he is Member of the Scientific Committee of the 2nd International Consensus Conference on Ultrasound in Trauma and Board Member of the 1st International Consensus Conference on Ultrasound in Medical Education. He is Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP), Member of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and Member of the Board of Directors of the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound (WINFOCUS).