CHEST SONOGRAPHY

About this book

Chest sonography is an established procedure inthe stepwise imaging diagnosis of pulmonary and pleural disease. It is themethod of choice to distinguish between solid and liquid lesions and allows theinvestigator to make an unequivocal diagnosis without exposing the patient tocostly and stressful procedures. Since the second edition of this book, thevalue of chest sonography has been further demonstrated in many new studies,especially with respect to the application of portable ultrasound stethoscope systems.

The new, thirdedition of Chest Sonography presents the state of the art in chestinvestigation by means of ultrasonography and has been updated to take intoaccount the results of the 1st International Consensus Conference on Pleural& Lung Ultrasound. The numerous excellent illustrations and the compacttext provide concise and easy-to-assimilate information about the diagnosticprocedure. Basic aspects such as indications, investigative techniques, andimage artifacts are detailed in separate chapters, and entirely new chaptershave been included on emergency ultrasound of the chest and pediatric chestsonography.