The Ultimate Guide to Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

Erasmus of Rotterdam said: “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man isking.” Ultrasound is that one eye which not only levels our playing field withthe experts using blind techniques but elevates us far beyond their sightlesscapabilities. Is it somehow cheating to visualize a needle approaching anerve, the location of which I had forgotten immediately after the gross anatomytest? Maybe it is, but not to our patients. They benefit from precision andultrasound-created expertise at the bedside, not far away in a procedure roomor another facility. The ability to perform procedures not previously possibleor to perform old procedures with a new level of accuracy benefits patient andclinician alike. I have seen many tired senior colleagues get a second windupon discovering ultrasound guidance for procedures.This text is for those who are interested in improving their proceduralskills or expanding their procedure toolkit and may not be diagnostic ultrasoundgurus. Many clinicians just want to use ultrasound for procedure guidanceand are reluctant to attend days-long courses or read massive textbookswhich focus on diagnostic ultrasound use and contain occasional hidden proceduralgems. If you are interested in applying ultrasound to procedure guidance,this book is for you and your patients. We both hope it improves yourpractice, your patients’ experiences, and their access to expert proceduredelivery like it has for us. We sincerely hope this text will help increasepatient safety and contribute to universal adoption of ultrasound guidance forprocedures. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Srikar Adhikari, Michael Blaivas)....Pages 1-3 Principles of Ultrasound Guidance (Elaine Situ-LaCasse, Josie Acuña)....Pages 5-27 Disinfection and Sterile Techniques (Sean Maley, Alison Thurber)....Pages 29-37 Ultrasound-Guided Airway Procedures (Abdullah Sulieman Terkawi, Ahmed Labib, Ashley Shilling, Andrew R. Bodenham, Dimitrios Karakitsos)....Pages 39-61 Ultrasound-Guided Cardiac Procedures (Timothy Faust, J. Matthew Fields)....Pages 63-79 Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Access (Azeem Tajani, Arthur Au, J. Matthew Fields)....Pages 81-98 Ultrasound-Guided Ear, Nose, and Throat Procedures (Richard Amini, Parisa Javedani)....Pages 99-114 Ultrasound-Guided Musculoskeletal Procedures (Bret Nelson, Joshua Guttman, David Spinner)....Pages 115-138 Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks (Arun Nagdev, Emily Lovallo, Brian Johnson)....Pages 139-177 Ultrasound-Guided Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Procedures (Mathew Nelson, Nat Kittisarapong, Tanya Bajaj, Robert Ellspermann, Adam Ash, Veena Modayil)....Pages 179-203 Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage Procedures (Elaine Situ-LaCasse, Parisa Javedani, Paola Devis, Hina Arif-Tiwari)....Pages 205-223 Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Venous Access (Lori Stolz)....Pages 225-236 Ultrasound-Guided Spinal Procedures (Maged A. Guirguis, Samita S. Das, William K. White, Matthew E. Patterson)....Pages 237-249 Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Procedures (Kay Odashima, Samuel Blake Kluger, Pete Keenan, Eitan Dickman)....Pages 251-270 Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Procedures (Brian Burke, Srikar Adhikari)....Pages 271-291 Back Matter ....Pages 293-300 This comprehensive book provides an in-depth examination of a broad range of procedures that benefit from ultrasound guidance in the point-of-care setting. It covers common procedures such as ultrasound-guided central and peripheral venous access to regional nerve blocks, temporary pacemaker placement, joint aspirations, percutaneous drainage, a variety of injections and airway management. Chapters examine a variety of topics critical to successful ultrasound procedures, including relevant sonoantomy, necessary equipment, proper preparation, potential complications, existing evidence and how to integrate these procedures into clinical practice. For each procedure, the book includes step-by-step instructions and discusses the advantages of ultrasound guidance over traditional techniques. Providing rich procedural detail to help in clinical decision making, __The Ultimate Guide to Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Procedures__ is an indispensable, go-to reference for all health care providers who work in a variety of clinical settings including primary care, emergency department, urgent care, intensive care units, pediatrics, pre-hospital settings and those who practice in the growing number of new ultrasound programs in these specialties. This comprehensive book provides an in-depth examination of a broad range of procedures that benefit from ultrasound guidance in the point-of- care setting. It covers common procedures such as ultrasound-guided central and peripheral venous access to regional nerve blocks, temporary pacemaker placement, joint aspirations, percutaneous drainage, a variety of injections and airway management. Chapters examine a variety of topics critical to successful ultrasound procedures, including relevant sonoantomy, necessary equipment, proper preparation, potential complications, existing evidence and how to integrate these procedures into clinical practice. For each procedure, the book includes step-by-step instructions and discusses the advantages of ultrasound guidance over traditional techniques. Providing rich procedural detail to help in clinical decision making, The Ultimate Guide to Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Procedures is an indispensable, go-to reference for all health care providers who work in a variety of clinical settings including primary care, emergency department, urgent care, intensive care units, pediatrics, pre-hospital settings and those who practice in the growing number of new ultrasound programs in these specialties.