Ultrasound in Anesthetic Practice with DVD-ROM

Graham Arthurs is Consultant Anaesthetist, Anaesthetic Department, Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK. Barry Nicholls is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset, UK.

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.