MEDICINE
THE ART OF ANAESTHESIA
CONTENTS 1 APPLIED PHYSICS OF MEDICAL ULTRASOUND 2 PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS—GETTING THE BEST OUT OF YOUR ULTRASOUND MACHINE 3 ASSESSMENT OF NEEDLE, CATHETER, AND GUIDEWIRE POSITION USING ULTRASONOGRAPHY 4 TEACHING, TRAINING, AND ACCREDITATION 5 ULTRASOUND-GUIDED VASCULAR ACCESS 6 ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PERIPHERAL AND REGIONAL NERVE BLOCK 7 TRANSESOPHAGEAL AND TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES AND VIEWS 8 PERIOPERATIVE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY OF THE HEART VALVES 9 BASIC ECHO DOPPLER 10 TRANSESOPHAGEAL DOPPLER 11 TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY 12 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM