General ultrasound In the critically ill - part 7 pptx

... 142 :77 3 -7 77 25. Costanso WE, Fein SA (1988) The role of the chest X-ray in the evaluation of chronic severe heart fai- lure: things are not always as they appear. Clin Car- diol 11:48 6-4 88 ... i.e., the ultrasound B line (Fig. 17. 6). This description dis- tinguishes the B line from the Z line (Fig. 17. 7) and the E line (see Fig. 16.11, p 113). The...

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... Hepatic Vein Disorders Ultrasound is an excellent noninvasive method for examining hepatic vein disorders [7] . In the Budd- Chiari syndrome with hepatic veins thrombosis, these veins are filled ... anterior to the portal bifurcation (Fig. 7. 8) or the main duct anterior to the portal vein (Fig. 7. 9). The normal caliper of the main bile duct is said to be 7 mm (up...

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... the sinusogram, a self-explanatory term (Fig. 21.1). Maxillary sinusitis gives a two-step sign. At the first level, there can be a sinusogram, according to an all-or-nothing rule. At the ... that the amount of information lost in hemodynamic terms is regained in terms of diagnosis. For exam- ple, fine analysis of the Doppler signal of the pul- monary veins in a...

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... Conducting an Ultrasound Examination 15 probability the first to study assessing the useful- Conducting an Ultrasound Examination ness of general ultrasound, handled by the inten- sivist ... including only notions useful in emergency situa- tions. The abdomen is in fact a modest part of gener- al ultrasound examination, and the reader will find the rest of t...

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... collapsed. In the longitudi- nal approach, the borders of the vein are never per- fectly parallel (although in the artery they are). Dynamic changes in the vein are often vast, where- as the artery ... Vein Thrombosis 71 Fig. 12.3. Normal internal jugular vein (V) in a longitu- dinal scan. In this scan, the vein lies anterior to the artery (A), not a rare...

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... confuse the young operator. • FiUing the venous lumen when the vein seems empty: - Using fluid therapy. - Lowering the feet using the balance pedal of the bed. - Manually compressing the common ... method at the internal jugular vein: make a skin landmark at the area of the vein, switch off the ultrasound Fig. 12.16. The operator's hand holdin...

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... Signs in the Lung face between the soft tissues (rich in water) of the wall and the lung tissue (rich in air). The pleural line is called the lung-wall interface. The pleural line is distinct ... volume on inspiration. Therefore, a lung sign will appear at the boundary area, at the precise line where the lung reaches the wall, since the lung surface in...

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... device as in the 25 previous chap- ters. The operator must invest, however, in under- standing the position of objects in space. The needle must follow the sole plane of the probe. The needle ... techniques in the criti- cally ill. Springer-Verlag, London, pp 12 7- 1 35 2. Weill FS (1989) Echographie abdominale du post- opere. In: Weill FS (ed) L'...

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... neurological examination. Indeed, where is the harm in placing a mechanical probe^ over the tibia in order to explore deep sen- sitivity, thus leaving the cumbersome tuning fork in the attic? In addition, ... suitable ultrasound unit, suitable training and suitable checking of standards could then be com- bined. The Ultrasound Unit from the beginning, basic steps c...

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... removal. 124 Catheter-Related Infections in the Critically Ill REFERENCES Fletcher SJ, Bodenham AR. Catheter-related sepsis-an overview -Part 1. Br J Intensive Care 1999;9:4 6-5 3. Elliott TSJ. The prevention ... antibiotic lock involves the administration of antibiotics which remain in the internal lumen of the catheter for an extended period of time. Intraluminal therap...

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