Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner

Informationen zum Autor Gregory R. Lisciandro! DVM! Dipl. ABVP! Dipl. ACVECC! is in private practice at the Emergency Pet Center! San Antonio! Texas. Klappentext Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner offers a highly practical guide to incorporating abbreviated ultrasound exams into the veterinary practice. Focused point-of-care exams are an effective way to quickly detect conditions and complications not readily apparent through the physical exam! laboratory diagnostics! or radiographic findings. Encompassing all the information needed to begin performing these techniques! Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner is a useful tool for improving patient outcomes in clinical practice.Covering focused exams in all body systems! the book also outlines the principles of interventional radiology! medical documentation! and the basic fundamentals of using an ultrasound machine. Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner is an essential purchase for veterinary practitioners and specialists wanting to implement these techniques in their veterinary practice.Key features* Provides all the information needed to begin using focused point-of-care exams as a patient diagnostic screening and monitoring tool for trauma! triage! and tracking* Describes the essentials of performing and incorporating the abdominal FAST (AFAST)! thoracic FAST (TFAST)! and Vet Blue lung ultrasound exams into your practice* Emphasizes how FAST exams serve as a platform for developing necessary ultrasound skills for the additional focused exams in other organs covered in the book* Improves patient outcomes by aiding in the detection of conditions and complications not apparent through the physical exam! laboratory diagnostics! or radiographic findings* Written by the foremost experts in the use of focused exams in veterinary patients* Includes access to a companion website offering 87 video clips of AFAST! TFAST! and Vet Blue examinations with normal! abnormal! and incidental findings at www.wiley.com/go/lisciandro/ultrasound Zusammenfassung Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner offers a highly practical guide to incorporating abbreviated ultrasound exams into the veterinary practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors ixAcknowledgements xIntroduction xiGregory R. LisciandroAbout the Companion Website xiv1 Focused--Basic Ultrasound Principles and Artifacts 1Robert M. Fulton2 The Abdominal FAST³ (AFAST3) Exam 17Gregory R. Lisciandro3 Focused or COAST³--Liver and Gallbladder 44Stephanie Lisciandro4 Focused or COAST³--Spleen 65Stephanie Lisciandro5 Focused or COAST³--Kidneys 80Stephanie Lisciandro6 Focused or COAST³--Urinary Bladder 99Stephanie Lisciandro7 Focused or COAST³--Gastrointestinal and Pancreas 110Søren Boysen and Jennifer Gambino8 Focused or COAST³--Reproductive 126Robert M. Fulton9 The Thoracic FAST³ (TFAST3) Exam 140Gregory R. Lisciandro10 The Vet BLUE Lung Scan 166Gregory R. Lisciandro11 Focused or COAST³--Echo (Heart) 189Teresa DeFrancesco12 Focused or COAST³--Central Venous and Arterial Line Placement! Big Arteries! and Veins 206Scott Chamberlin13 Focused or COAST³--Pediatrics 222Autumn P. Davidson and Tomas W. Baker14 Focused or COAST³--Eye 243Jane Cho15 Focused or COAST³--Musculoskeletal 261Gregory R. Lisciandro16 Focused or COAST³--Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)! Global FAST (GFAST3)! and the FAST-ABCDE Exam 269Gregory R. Lisciandro and Andrea Armenise17 Interventional Ultrasound-Guided Procedures 286Søren BoysenAppendices 304I Setting Up an Ultrasound Program 304II Goal-Directed Templates for Medical Records 306III Abbreviations! Terminology! and Glossary 315IV Quick References of Normal Values and Rules of Thumb 318V Ultrasound Resources and Companies 324Index 325 ...

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• Autori: Gregory R. Lisciandro
• Con la collaborazione di: Gregory R. Lisciandro (Editore), Gregor R Lisciandro (Editore)
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.01.2014
• EAN: 9781118369593
• ISBN: 978-1-118-36959-3
• Pagine: 368
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Veterinaria