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Zusatztext Overall! Basic Transesophageal and Critical Care Ultrasound is a detailed! comprehensive look at how ultrasonography can be used as a bedside tool in modern critical care and perioperative medicine. The imaging examples are exceedingly well done! and any reader of this book is encouraged to use the available multimedia as much as possible. The use of image references from other chapters! frequent use of abbreviations! and density ofinformation mean that the reader must approach the book with careful attention but will be rewarded for doing so.This book is an ideal reference for any physician providing acute or critical care.Adam M. Dryden! MD! FRCPC! Forensic Science! Medicine and Pathology! Springer Informationen zum Autor Edited by André Y. Denault, MD, PhD, received his medical degree from the Université de Montréal, Canada. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at McGill University, Montreal; Critical Care at the Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA; Anesthesiology at the Université de Montréal and PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the Université de Montréal. Dr. Denault works at the Montreal Heart Institute as a cardiac anesthesiologist and critical care physician and at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal in critical care. He is a professor of Anesthesiology at the Université de Montréal Canada. Dr. Denault holds the Richard I. Kaufman Endowment Fund in Anesthesia and Critical Care. Pierre Couture, MD, received his medical degree from the Université de Montréal, Canada. He is an anesthesiologist at the Montreal Heart Institute and associate professor of Anesthesiology at the Université de Montréal. Yoan Lamarche, MD, conducted his residency in cardiac surgery at Université de Montréal. He then obtained a subspecialty in intensive care and undertook further training at the University of British Columbia. He is one of the founding members of the Canadian Cardiovascular Critical Care Society (CANCARE) and has been part of the surgical team at the Montreal Heart Institute since 2010. Jean-Claude Tardif, MD, received his medical degree from the Université de Montréal, Canada. He is a cardiologist and the director of the Research Center at the Montreal Heart Institute. He is also professor of medicine and holds the endowed Pfizer Research Chair in Atherosclerosis at the Université de Montréal. Dr. Tardif is the scientific director of the Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Center and of the Canadian Atherosclerosis Imaging Network. Annette Vegas, MD, received her medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Vegas is a staff anesthesiologist at the Toronto General Hospital, Canada and is an associate professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include cardiac anesthesia and TEE education. Klappentext Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts, this book provides provides an overview of transesophageal ultrasound of the heart, lung, and upper abdomen as well as basic ultrasound of the brain, lung, heart, abdomen, and vascular system. With more than 400 clinical images, this well-illustrated text and its accompanying videos demonstrate new developments and challenges in the field. Tables and figures abound and can be used for quick reference of equations, classifications, and concepts. The book is also an invaluable resource to those preparing for the NBE's basic PTEeXAM and its equivalents outside the USA and Canada. It also prepares physicians for the ACCP's critical care ultrasound certification. The book includes sample questions and two helpful mock exams. This book is a must-have for those in training and in practice. Zusammenfassung Basic Transesophageal and Critical Care Ultrasound provides an overview of transesophageal ultrasound of the heart, lung, and upper abdomen as well as...
