Pocket Guide to POCUS: Point-of-Care Tips for Point-of-Care Ultrasound (BOOK)A unique pocket guide to the use of ultrasound at the point of careOf value to students (medical, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant), as well as practicing physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Lately, there has been an enormous amount of interest in the use of ultrasound for both procedural and diagnostic guidance at the point of care. Although this type of instruction can be found in some textbooks, they are heavy, dense, and written for the classroom, not real-world clinical situations. Pocket Guide to POCUS is the portable, quick-hit alternative.Pocket Guide to POCUS provides trainees with the tips and reminders they may need at the point of care. Things such as what images to acquire, and how to get them, or a quick glance at pathology in comparison to a normal image. For learners at all levels, this pocket guide will hopefully reduce their fear of scanning, while preventing some of the more common pitfalls the authors have observed over their more than 50 cumulative years’ experience. Each chapter of the book is divided into four sections:•Key Images•Acquisition Tips•Interpretation and Pitfalls•Examples of PathologyThis information is conveniently located on cards that can be removed from the book and brought with you to the bedside. You can take notes on the cards, check off the scans that you’ve done, and of course, refer to them in order to provide your patients with the best care possible. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Physics and Knobology | 5 |
UltrasoundGuided Peripheral Intravenous Access | 9 |
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A-lines abscess ACQUISITION TIPS anatomy anechoic angle Answer aorta appear arrowheads arrows assess atrium axis B-lines bladder bowel Cardiac Ultrasound catheter Chapter clinical collapse Color Doppler cysts Deep Venous Thrombosis depth diameter diaphragm echogenic evaluate exam EXAMPLES OF PATHOLOGY femoral vein free fluid globe Hand position hepatic veins hydronephrosis hyperechoic hypoechoic identify indicator INTERPRETATION AND PITFALLS jugular KEY IMAGES kidney Limited Vascular Compression linear probe liver longitudinal view lung sliding Lung Ultrasound lymph node M-mode machine measured needle tip normal Ocular Ultrasound optic nerve papilledema parasternal patient pericardial effusion PLAX pleura Pleural effusion pleural space pneumothorax point-of-care ultrasound popliteal Popliteal vein posterior acoustic enhancement pressure procedure PSSA pulmonary Renal renal cortex respiratory cycle Rib shadow rotate scanning screen seen skin slide the probe soft tissue structures subxiphoid Thoracentesis thrombus transducer transverse plane transverse view ultrasound image Ultrasound-Guided venous vessel visible visualize Vitreal wall