Abstract
The critically ill patient in the ICU is not any patient. Usually immobilized in the supine position and sedated, this fragile patient cannot indicate pain location, maintain apnea, etc. The intensive care creates some limitations but also many decisive positive points.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Lichtenstein D, Biderman P, Chironi G, Elbaz N, Fellahi JL, Gepner A, Mezière G, Page B, Texereau J, Valtier B (1996) Faisabilité de l’échographie générale d’urgence en réanimation. Réan Urg 5:788
Slasky BS, Auerbach D, Skolnick ML (1983) Value of portable real-time ultrasound in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 11:160–164
Harris RD, Simeone JF, Mueller PR, Butch RJ (1985) Portable ultrasound examinations in intensive care units. J Ultrasound Med 4:463–465
Schunk K, Pohan D, Schild H (1992) The clinical relevance of sonography in intensive care units. Aktuelle Radio 2:309–314
Lichtenstein D, Axler O (1993) Intensive use of general ultrasound in the intensive care unit, a prospective study of 150 consecutive patients. Intensive Care Med 19:353–355
Combes A, Mokhtari M, Couvelard A, Trouillet JL, Baudot J, Henin D, Gibert C, Chastre J (2004 Feb 23) Clinical and autopsy diagnoses in the ICU: a prospective study. Arch Intern Med 164(4):389–392
O’Doherty AJ, Murphy PG, Curran RA (1989) Risk of Staphylococcus aureus transmission during ultrasound investigation. J Ultrasound Med 8:619–621
Pouillard F, Vilgrain V, Sinègre M, Zins M, Bruneau B, Menu Y (1995) Peut-on simplifier le nettoyage et la désinfection des sondes d’échographie? J Radiol 76(4):217–218
Muradali D, Gold WL, Phillips A, Wilson S (1995) Can ultrasound probes and coupling gel be a source of nosocomial infection in patients undergoing sonography? AJR Am J Roentgenol 164:1521–1524
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Lichtenstein, D.A. (2010). Specific Notions of Critical Ultrasound in the Critically Ill. In: Whole Body Ultrasonography in the Critically Ill. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05328-3_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05328-3_3
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-05327-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-05328-3
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)