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ZAGO / TROIAN / MARIANI
Point-of-care US for Acute Abdomen.-
Presents numerous technical details, tips, tricks and pitfalls, based on the author’s experienceFeatures clinical case studies as a help for practitioners starting to apply their skillsChapters with brief introduction, details of techniques and US protocols, discussions of clinical casesThis book focuses on surgical decision-making, a key topic for both surgeons and emergency physicians who are faced with patients with acute abdominal pain.Providing easy-to-understand technical details and discussing the interpretation of normal and pathological images, it is a valuable resource for surgeons and emergency physicians who are not used to applying clinical US in this field, enabling them to shorten the diagnostic path and avoid unnecessary costs and exposure to radiation. It is also a practical reference guide for surgeons and doctors wanting to apply US as a decision-making tool in the context of acute abdominal pain.Table of Contents1. Why a surgeon should become proficient in visceral point-of-care ultrasound?2. US anatomy of hollow viscus3. Landmarks and scanning technique4. Bowel obstruction: the clinical questions can be answered by US5. Acute diverticulitis: US diagnosis and staging6. Acute appendicitis and US: a never ending story?7. Bowel ischemia: when US makes difference 8. Bowel perforation: free air and free fluid9. The thickened loops: IBD and surroundings10. CEUS in visceral emergencies11. Fast and E-Fast protocols in acute abdomen: something heretical? 12. Cost-effectiveness of clinical US in acute abdomen 13. Test Yourself Answers
Günstige Softcover Ausgabe der 1. Auflage 2023 Hardcover statt 106,99 €