Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, Third Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, Oct 6, 2013 - Medical - 720 pages
The cornerstone text in emergency ultrasound--fully updated and expanded

Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound has virtually defined the field since the first edition was released. This trusted classic expertly covers the training, techniques, and diagnostic skills for successful point-of-care ultrasound with a special emphasis on problems most commonly encountered in the emergency or acute care setting.

Features

  • Consistent chapter organization:
    • clinical considerations and indications
    • anatomical considerations
    • technique
    • common abnormalities
    • pitfalls
    • case studies
  • Coverage of trauma, cardiac, critical care, pulmonary, hepatobiliary, renal, testicular, and other ultrasound applications
  • Side-by-side comparisons of normal and abnormal scans
  • NEW chapters on pulmonary and critical care and expanded chapters on cardiac and musculoskeletal ultrasound

An all New DVD demonstrates common ultrasound procedures in real time.

With its updated content, enhanced DVD, and outstanding authors, no other text improves your ability to diagnose in the emergency setting like the third edition of Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound.

From inside the book

 

Contents

1 Training and Program Development
1
2 Equipment
15
3 Physics and Image Artifacts
33
Copyright

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Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, Third Edition
O. John Ma,James R. Mateer,Robert F. Reardon,Scott A. Joing
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2013)

O. John Ma, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.

James R. Mateer, MD, RDMS, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Robert F. Reardon, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.

Scott A. Joing, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Bibliographic information

TitleMa and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, Third Edition
AuthorsO. John Ma, James R. Mateer, Robert F. Reardon, Scott A. Joing
Edition3
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2013
ISBN0071793151, 9780071793155
Length720 pages
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Medical / Emergency Medicine
  
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