Preceded by Ultrasound in anesthetic practice / edited by Graham Arthurs and Barry Nicholls. 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principles of medical ultrasound / Graham Arthurs and Trevor Frankel -- Ultrasound to aid vascular access / Philip Haslam -- Diagnostic echocardiolography / Tom Ingram -- The role of echocardiography in the haemodynamically unstable patient in critical care and the operating theatre / Paul James, Julian Skoyles and Henry Skinner -- Transesophageal diagnostic doppler monitoring / Robert Kong -- Ultrasound in critical care / David Southern and Dylan John -- Ultrasound and airway management / Thomas M. Hemmerling and Marilu Giacalone -- The use of ultrasound in the traumatised patient and the acute abdomen / Angie Lloyd-Jones, Owen Rees and David A. Parker -- The use of ultrasound to aid local anesthetic nerve blocks in adults / Barry Nicholls, Stephan Kapral, Peter Marhofer and Alice Roberts -- US guided nerve blocks in children / Steve Roberts and Alasdair Howie -- Cranial ultrasound in the newborn / Owen Arthurs -- The use of ultrasound in acute gynecology and pregnancy assessment / William Taylor -- Ocular ultrasonography / Thomas M. Hemmerling and Marilu Giacalone -- The use of ultrasound in assessing soft tissue injury / Geoff Hide -- The use of ultrasound in pain management / Shyam Balasubramanian and A.T. Arasu Rayen.