Ultrasound for Primary Care

Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contributors
Preface
Contents
Part I Introduction
	Chapter 1 Ultrasound Basics: Physics, Transducers, Conventions, Terminology, and Artifacts
	Chapter 2 Point-of-Care Ultrasound Billing and Credentialing
Part 2 ANSWERING CLINICAL QUESTIONS
	System 1 Head and Neck
	SECTION 1: Eyes
	Chapter 3 Is the Patient’s Intracranial Pressure Elevated?
	Chapter 4 Does the Patient Have a Retinal or Vitreous Detachment?
	SECTION 2: Thyroid
	Chapter 5 Does This Thyroid Nodule Need to Be Biopsied?
	SECTION 3: Lymph Node
	Chapter 6 Is This Enlarged Lymph Node Benign Appearing?
	SECTION 4: Central Nervous System
	Chapter 7 Does This Patient Have Hydrocephalus?
	System 2 Thorax
	SECTION 1: Cardiac
	Chapter 8 What Is the Patient’s Left Ventricular Systolic Function?
	Chapter 9 Does the Patient Have Left Ventricular Hypertrophy?
	Chapter 10 Does the Patient Have a Pericardial Effusion?
	Chapter 11 Does the Patient Have Right Heart Strain?
	SECTION 2: Lung
	Chapter 12 Does the Patient Have Pulmonary Edema?
	Chapter 13 Does the Patient Have a Pleural Effusion?
	Chapter 14 Does the Patient Have a Pneumothorax?
	Chapter 15 Does the Patient Have Pneumonia?
	SECTION 3: Breast
	Chapter 16 Does the Patient’s Breast Mass Need to Be Biopsied?
	System 3 Abdomen and Pelvis
	SECTION 1: Renal
	Chapter 17 Does the Patient Have Nephrolithiasis?
	Chapter 18 Does the Patient Have Chronic Kidney Disease?
	SECTION 2: Hepatobiliary
	Chapter 19 Does the Patient Have Hepatosplenomegaly?
	Chapter 20 Does the Patient Have Hepatic Steatosis?
	Chapter 21 Does the Patient Have Ascites?
	Chapter 22 Does the Patient Have Cholelithiasis or Cholecystitis?
	SECTION 3: Bowel
	Chapter 23 Does the Patient Have a Bowel Obstruction?
	Chapter 24 Does the Patient Have Appendicitis?
	Chapter 25 Does the Patient Have Intussusception?
	Chapter 26 Does the Patient Have Pyloric Stenosis?
	SECTION 4: Obstetric
	Chapter 27 Does the Patient Have a Viable Intrauterine Pregnancy?
	Chapter 28 What Is the Gestational Age?
	Chapter 29 What Is the Status of Fetal Well-Being?
	SECTION 5: Pelvis
	Chapter 30 Does This Patient Have Testicular Torsion?
	Chapter 31 How Thick Is the Patient’s Endometrial Stripe?
	Chapter 32 Does the Patient Have an Adnexal Mass?
	Chapter 33 What Is the Patient’s Postvoid Residual Bladder Volume?
	Chapter 34 Is the Patient’s Intrauterine Device in the Proper Location?
	System 4 Muscles, Bones, and Soft Tissue
	SECTION 1: Musculoskeletal
	Chapter 35 Does the Patient Have a Joint Effusion?
	Chapter 36 Does the Patient Have a Rotator Cuff Tear?
	Chapter 37 Does the Patient Have an Ankle Sprain or Fracture?
	Chapter 38 Does the Patient Have Tendinopathy?
	Chapter 39 Is the Patient’s Arthritis From Crystal Disease?
	Chapter 40 Does the Patient Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
	SECTION 2: Skin and Soft Tissue
	Chapter 41 Does the Patient Have Cellulitis or an Abscess?
	Chapter 42 Is a Foreign Body Present?
	Chapter 43 Is This Soft Tissue Mass Concerning?
	Chapter 44 Does the Patient Have a Hernia?
	System 5 Vascular
	SECTION 1: Peripheral Venous
	Chapter 45 Does the Patient Have a Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis?
	SECTION 2: Inferior Vena Cava
	Chapter 46 What Is the Patient’s Central Venous Pressure?
	SECTION 3: Aorta
	Chapter 47 Does the Patient Have an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm?
	SECTION 4: Carotid
	Chapter 48 Does the Patient Have Carotid Stenosis?
Part 3 Combining Into Protocols
	Chapter 49 Cardiopulmonary Limited Ultrasound Examination (CLUE)
	Chapter 50 Focused Ultrasonography in Trauma (FAST)
	Chapter 51 Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH)
Part 4 Procedures
	Chapter 52 Musculoskeletal Aspirations and Injections
	Chapter 53 Central Line Placement
	Chapter 54 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Thoracentesis Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound
	Chapter 55 Paracentesis
	Chapter 56 Lumbar Puncture
	Chapter 57 Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Placement
	Chapter 58 Core Needle Biopsy/Fine Needle Aspiration
	Chapter 59 Saline Infusion Sonography
Index