Ultrasound scanners are available in an increasing number of
clinical areas. They are excellent for identifying the presence of
a pleural effusion and the optimal site for aspration. The National
Patient Safety Agency recommends their use prior to insertion of
chest drains for pleural effusions. This book is for clinicians who
want to start using portable ultrasound scanners to look at the
chest. It will teach you some basic physics and how to adjust the
controls on the scanner. Then you will learn how to recognise a
pleural effusion. When you are proficient at identifying pleural
effusions, you can start to look for some of the other clinical
conditions which are shown in the many illustrations in this book.
There are examples of the artefacts which may catch you out, with
diagrams to explain how they are caused. Once you have started to
use ultrasound at the bedside, you will not want to undertake
"blind" pleural aspirations ever again. Competency in this
technique is becoming the norm for those involved in managing
patients with disease of the chest; this book will help you along
that road
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