Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner

 Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner offers a highly practical guide to incorporating abbreviated ultrasound exams into the veterinary practice. Focused point-of-care exams are an effective way to quickly detect conditions and complications not readily apparent through the physical exam, laboratory diagnostics, or radiographic findings. Encompassing all the information needed to begin performing these techniques, Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner is a useful tool for improving patient outcomes in clinical practice.

Covering focused exams in all body systems, the book also outlines the principles of interventional radiology, medical documentation, and the basic fundamentals of using an ultrasound machine. A companion website offers 87 video clips of AFAST, TFAST, and Vet Blue examinations with normal, abnormal, and incidental findings atwww.wiley.com/go/lisciandro/ultrasound. Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner is an essential purchase for veterinary practitioners and specialists wanting to implement these techniques in their veterinary practice.

1 Focused—Basic Ultrasound Principles and Artifacts 1
Robert M. Fulton

2 The Abdominal FAST³ (AFAST3) Exam 17
Gregory R. Lisciandro

3 Focused or COAST³—Liver and Gallbladder 44
Stephanie Lisciandro

4 Focused or COAST³—Spleen 65
Stephanie Lisciandro

5 Focused or COAST³—Kidneys 80
Stephanie Lisciandro

6 Focused or COAST³—Urinary Bladder 99
Stephanie Lisciandro

7 Focused or COAST³—Gastrointestinal and Pancreas 110
Søren Boysen and Jennifer Gambino

8 Focused or COAST³—Reproductive 126
Robert M. Fulton

9 The Thoracic FAST³ (TFAST3) Exam 140
Gregory R. Lisciandro

10 The Vet BLUE Lung Scan 166
Gregory R. Lisciandro

11 Focused or COAST³—Echo (Heart) 189
Teresa DeFrancesco

12 Focused or COAST³—Central Venous and Arterial Line Placement, Big Arteries, and Veins 206
Scott Chamberlin

13 Focused or COAST³—Pediatrics 222
Autumn P. Davidson and Tomas W. Baker

14 Focused or COAST³—Eye 243
Jane Cho

15 Focused or COAST³—Musculoskeletal 261
Gregory R. Lisciandro

16 Focused or COAST³—Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Global FAST (GFAST3), and the FAST-ABCDE Exam 269
Gregory R. Lisciandro and Andrea Armenise

17 Interventional Ultrasound-Guided Procedures 286
Søren Boysen

Appendices 304

I Setting Up an Ultrasound Program 304

II Goal-Directed Templates for Medical Records 306

III Abbreviations, Terminology, and Glossary 315

IV Quick References of Normal Values and Rules of Thumb 318

V Ultrasound Resources and Companies 324

Index 325