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Ultrasound Associated Materials and Equipment

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Ultrasound in clinical practice will use associated materials and equipment to facilitate and guide examinations and procedures. Materials such gel, gel warmers, transducer covers, needles, needle guides, catheters, and barcode readers are discussed.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Matthew Lipton MD & Robinson M. Ferre MD, FACEP

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    Vivek S. Tayal

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, Columbus Georgia, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

    Michael Blaivas

  3. Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

    Troy R Foster

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Lipton, M., Ferre, R.M. (2018). Ultrasound Associated Materials and Equipment. In: Tayal, V., Blaivas, M., Foster, T. (eds) Ultrasound Program Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63143-1_14

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