General ultrasound in the critically ill General ultrasound in the critically ill describes a new clinical tool: ultrasound for the intensive care and emergency physician. Written by an intensivist familiar with ultrasound it specifically details findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout its approx. 220 pages. Through a whole body approach this book considers new emergency applications regarding the abdomen venous system head heart and the most original topic the lung. Flow charts are proposed to resolve daily intensive care and emergency occurrences: acute dyspnea shock unexplained fever etc. The strong points and pitfalls of ultrasound are reviewed in detail. This book shows just how critical ultrasound has proven to be in satisfying a major concern in the intensive care and emergency medicine fields: speed and accuracy. With this ever present requirement for rapid diagnosis in mind General ultrasound in the critically ill provides a key to practicing a visual medicine a great benefit to the critically ill patient especially since ultrasound is noninvasive and can be done at the bedside. This volume is not only an exhaustive atlas dealing with the most variable aspects of the critically ill patient but it is above all a guide a permanent aid in the therapeutic decision. Written by an intensivist familiar with ultrasound this book describes a new clinical tool: ultrasound for the intensive care and emergency physician. It specifically details findings of immediate clinical relevance throughout its pages. This volume is not only an exhaustive atlas dealing with the most variable aspects of the critically ill patient but it is above all a guide a permanent aid in the therapeutic decision.