TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Surgeon Performed Ultrasound in Acute Care Surgery
A1  - Matsushima, Kazuhide
A1  - Clark, Damon
A1  - Frankel, Heidi L.
A2  - Moore, Ernest E.
A2  - Feliciano, David V.
A2  - Mattox, Kenneth L.
PY  - 2017
T2  - Trauma, 8e
AB  - Ultrasound  is  routinely  incorporated  into  the  work-up  of  patients  with  a  variety  of  trauma,  critical  care,  or  emergency  surgical  disorders.1,2,3,4,5,6  Despite  advances  in  other  superior  imaging  modalities  such  as  multidetector-row  computed  tomography  (MDCT),  the  ability  to  acquire  real-time  data  with  ultrasound  allows  the  surgeon  to  make  critical  decisions  expeditiously  with  minimal  risk  of  complications.  Surgeons  are  personally  capable  of  obtaining  good  quality  images  and  interpreting  the  examination  independently.7,8,9  Presently,  medical  students,  surgical  residents  and  fellows  have  become  familiar  with  the  management  of  trauma  patients  and  those  with  emergency  general  surgery  problems  using  ultrasound  as  they  have  multiple  opportunities  to  learn  the  technique  of  bedside  ultrasound  examination.10  Similarly,  the  management  of  critically  ill  patients  including  resuscitation,  hemodynamic  monitoring,  and  procedural  guidance  has  drastically  changed  in  the  past  few  decades  as  the  ultrasound  examination  is  more  commonly  performed.11,12,13,14,15  These  critical  care  ultrasound  studies  can  be  completed  at  the  bedside  and  avoid  transporting  patients  from  the  intensive  care  unit  (ICU).  In  addition  to  basic  techniques  to  identify  free  fluid  in  the  abdominal  cavity,  surgical  intensivists  have  successfully  applied  the  advanced  echocardiographic  examination  to  guide  the  resuscitation  of  critically  ill  patients.16,17,18  This  chapter  reviews  the  indications,  techniques,  and  currently  available  data  for  ultrasound  examinations  in  trauma,  emergency  general  surgery,  and  critical  care  patients.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147415268
ER  -