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Mathias Hofer

Ecografia Manuale didattico

Ultrasound – Educational Manual.

The text is structured in lessons and guides you like a tutor through a systematic course for the examination of individual organs and systems.

  • Numerous images clearly illustrate the correct probe positioning.
  • Triple representation: probe position, ultrasound image, and schematic drawing of topographic anatomy.
  • The numerical coding shown in the schematic drawings allows you to stimulate your learning and verify it at any time.
  • The numerical summary system is valid for every page of the text.
  • The quiz images at the end of each chapter allow you to assess your learning progress in an engaging and interactive way.
  • The principles of physics are not presented in a sterile manner, but through easy-to-understand diagrams and illustrations.
  • Numerous practical tips facilitate the approach to this methodology.
  • The practical “ABC” of ultrasound findings provides useful terminology.

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21,5 x 30
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166 pagine
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Autori

Mathias Hofer

Description

Introduction

  • Principles of physics/technique
  • Innovative methodologies
  • Artifacts
  • Self-assessment quiz
  • Practical tips for beginners

Lesson 1 – Retroperitoneum, sagittal plane

  • Anatomy
  • Normal findings
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Right heart failure
  • Self-assessment quiz

Lesson 2 – Retroperitoneum, transverse plane

  • Anatomy
  • Normal findings
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pancreatic tumors
  • Retroperitoneal lymph nodes
  • Self-assessment quiz

Lesson 3 – Hepatic hilum, gallbladder, bile ducts

  • Anatomy
  • Hepatic hilum:
    • Normal findings
    • Portal hypertension
    • Lymph nodes, portal vein thrombosis
  • Gallbladder:
    • Cholecystitis
    • Gallstones
    • Gallbladder polyps
    • Cholestasis
  • Self-assessment quiz (after Lesson 4)

Lesson 4 – Liver

  • Anatomy of hepatic segments
  • Normal findings: organ size, margins, angles
  • Confluence of hepatic veins, right heart failure
  • Anatomical variants, hepatic steatosis
  • Hepatic cysts
  • Hepatic hemangiomas
  • Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH)
  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • Liver metastases
  • Self-assessment quiz (Lessons 3 and 4)

Lesson 5 – Adrenal glands, kidneys, transplanted kidney and spleen

  • Kidneys and adrenal glands:
    • Anatomy
    • Normal findings
    • Anatomical variants and renal cysts
    • Renal degeneration and nephritis
    • Urinary stasis/obstruction
    • Differential diagnosis of urinary stasis
    • Renal stones and infarctions
    • Renal and adrenal tumors
    • Transplanted kidney
  • Spleen:
    • Anatomy and examination technique
    • Spleen dimensions
    • Splenomegaly and splenic infarction
    • Focal splenic lesions
  • Self-assessment quiz

Lesson 6 – Thyroid gland, lymph nodes, gastrointestinal tract (GIT)

  • Thyroid:
    • Anatomy and volumetry
    • Normal findings
    • Goiter
    • Thyroid nodules, thyroiditis
  • Lymph nodes (LN):
    • Lateral cervical lymph nodes
    • Differential diagnostic criteria, perfusion parameters
    • Differential diagnostic criteria, metastatic LN
    • Retroperitoneal LN
  • Gastrointestinal tract (GIT):
    • Wall anatomy of the GIT
    • Gastric neoplasms
    • Crohn’s disease, fistulas
    • Intestinal intussusception, hernias
    • Sprue, diarrhea, appendicitis
    • Colon
    • Diverticulitis
  • Self-assessment quiz

Lesson 7 – Bladder and genital organs

  • Bladder:
    • Anatomy
    • Normal findings
    • Indwelling catheter and differential diagnosis of cystitis
  • Genital organs:
    • Prostate and testicles
    • Undescended testis, orchitis, hydrocele
    • Female genital organs
    • Uterus: normal findings
    • Uterine tumors
    • Ovaries: normal findings
    • Ovarian cysts and tumors
    • Diagnosis of pregnancy
    • Placenta and sex determination
  • Self-assessment quiz

Lesson 8 – FAST, eFAST and lung

  • FAST algorithms
  • eFAST algorithms
  • Seashore sign, Barcode sign
  • Pleural sliding, lung pulse in apnea
  • Lung point in pneumothorax
  • Pleura:
    • Quantification of pleural effusion
    • Pleuritis, empyema, mesothelioma
  • Ribs:
    • Rib fractures, rib metastases
  • Lung:
    • Pneumonia, infarction, bronchial carcinoma
  • Self-assessment quiz

Lesson 9 – Pediatrics: Skull/CNS, hip joint, kidneys

  • Skull/CNS:
    • Anatomy of cerebrospinal fluid spaces
    • Sagittal scan: normal findings
    • Anatomical variants
    • Coronal scan: normal findings
    • Cerebral hemorrhages
    • Hydrocephalus
    • Spinal canal
  • Hip joint:
    • Preparation and positioning
    • Normal findings
    • Calibration and measurement errors
    • Graf classification
  • Kidneys and urinary tract:
    • Neonatal kidney
    • Stasis and reflux
    • Renal and adrenal tumors
    • Urachus, ureterocele, spleen dimensions
  • GIT:
    • Pyloric hypertrophy, reflux, Hirschsprung’s disease

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