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.  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. Key features   Provides all the information needed to begin using focused point–of–care exams as a patient diagnostic screening and monitoring tool for trauma, triage, and tracking Describes the essentials of performing and incorporating the abdominal FAST (AFAST) , thoracic FAST (TFAST) and Vet Blue lung ultrasound exams into your practice Emphasizes how FAST exams serve as a platform for developing necessary ultrasound skills for the additional focused exams in other organs covered in the book Improves patient outcomes by aiding in the detection of conditions and complications not apparent through the physical exam, laboratory diagnostics, or radiographic findings Organized by body system, with information on exams in all major organs Written by the foremost experts in the use of focused exams in veterinary patients

Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Gregory R. Lisciandro 1 Focused—Basic Ultrasound Principles and Artifacts Robert Fulton 2 The Abdominal FAST 3 (AFAST 3 ) Exam Gregory R. Lisciandro 3 Focused or COAST 3 —Liver and Gallbladder Stephanie Lisciandro 4 Focused or COAST 3 —Spleen Stephanie Lisciandro 5 Focused or COAST 3 —Kidneys Stephanie Lisciandro 6 Focused or COAST 3 —Urinary Bladder Stephanie Lisciandro 7 Focused or COAST 3 —Gastrointestinal and Pancreas Søren Boysen and Jennifer Gambino 8 Focused or COAST 3 —Reproductive Robert Fulton 9 The Thoracic FAST 3 (TFAST 3 ) Exam Gregory R. Lisciandro 10 The Vet BLUE Lung Scan Gregory R. Lisciandro 11 Focused or COAST 3 —Echo (Heart) T eresa DeFrancesco 12 Focused or COAST 3 —Central Venous and Arterial Line Placement, Big Arteries, and Veins Scott Chamberlin 13 Focused or COAST 3 —Pediatrics Autumn P. Davidson and Tomas W. Baker 14 Focused or COAST 3 —Eye Jane Cho 15 Focused or COAST 3 —Musculoskeletal Gregory R. Lisciandro 16 Focused or COAST 3 —Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Global FAST (GFAST 3 ), and the FAST–ABCDE Exam Gregory R. Lisciandro and Andrea Armenise 17 Interventional Ultrasound–Guided Procedures Søren Boysen Appendices I Setting Up an Ultrasound Program II Goal–Directed Templates for Medical Records III Abbreviations and Terminology and Glossary IV Quick References of Normal Values and Rules of Thumb V Ultrasound Resources and Companies Index

Gregory R. Lisciandro , DVM, Dipl. ABVP, Dipl. ACVECC, is in private practice at the Emergency Pet Center, San Antonio, Texas.