The Essentials of Veterinary Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Pleural Space and Lung
This book is designed to be a reference for both the new and experienced veterinary point-of-care sonographer. It includes tips and information nonspecialists will find helpful in assessing the pleural space and lung. It covers a step-by-step approach to performing pleural space and lung ultrasound and uses a binary question approach to allow novices and experts alike to master and grow their skills.
Authors:
SØREN BOYSEN
DVM from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Full professor of veterinary emergency and critical care at the University of Calgary.
KRIS GOMMEREN
Graduated in veterinary medicine from Ghent University (Belgium). Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and of the European College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Head of the Emergency and Critical Care Service at the University of Liège.
SERGE CHALHOUB
Graduated from the DVM program at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FMV) of the University of Montreal (Canada). Currently a senior instructor at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM).
KEY FEATURES:
➜ Covers a step-by-step approach to performing pleural space and lung ultrasound.
➜ Includes specific techniques and key criteria to assess the pleural space and lungs, as well as limitations and pitfalls.
➜ Written by specialists in veterinary emergency and critical care and point-of-care ultrasound.
Table of contents:
1. Introduction
Evolution
Using binary questions
Summary
2. General technique
Introduction to the Calgary Pleural and Lung
Ultrasound (PLUS) approach
Indications
Contraindications and complications
Serial exams
Machine functions
Transducer manipulations
Patient positioning and preparation
The Calgary PLUS Technique
Application of the Calgary PLUS approach
3. Image interpretation: Normal findings
Bat sign
Glide sign
A lines
B lines
Curtain sign
Lung pulse
Dry lung
Z lines
4. Image interpretation: Clinical applications for the pleural space
Is there pneumothorax?
Probe orientation/selection
Where and how to look for pneumothorax (step by step)
Key criteria to rule out pneumothorax
Key criteria to confirm pneumothorax
Pitfalls
Is there pleural effusion?
Probe orientation/selection
Where and how to look for pleural effusion (step by step)
Key criteria to rule out pleural effusion
Key criteria to confirm pleural effusion
Tricks to differentiate pleural from pericardial effusion
Pitfalls
5. Image interpretation: Clinical applications for the lungs (visceral pleural surface)
Is there alveolar interstitial syndrome (AIS)?
Probe orientation/selection
Where and how to look for AIS (step by step)
Key criteria to rule out AIS
Key criteria to confirm AIS
Pitfalls
Is there lung consolidation?
Probe orientation/selection
Classifications of lung consolidation
Where and how to look for lung consolidation (step by step)
Key criteria to rule out lung consolidations
Key criteria to confirm lung consolidations
Pitfalls
Is there pleural thickening and/or subpleural irregularities?
Where and how to look for pleural thickening and subpleural irregularities
Defining pleural thickening and subpleural irregularities
Significance of pleural thickening and subpleural irregularities
6. Lung and pleural space procedures
Thoracocentesis
Chest tube placement
Lung aspirate/biopsy
