1. Basic Ultrasound Skills "Head to Toe" for the General Intensivists -- 2. General Principles of Ultrasound -- Part I. Heart -- 3. Detection and interpretation of left ventricular systolic dysfunction by basic critical care echocardiography -- 4. Evaluation for right ventricular failure -- 5. Evaluation of hemodynamically important pericardial effusion -- 6. Evaluation for severe hypovolemia -- 7. Evaluation for Acute, Severe Left-Sided Valvulopathy -- Part II. Lung 8. Pneumothorax -- 9. Pleural Effusion in Critically ill Patients -- 10. Airway Ultrasound for the Intensivist -- 11. Ultrosound Assessment of the Respiratory Muscles -- Part III. Abdomen -- 12. Triage or clinical suspicion for aortic syndromes -- 13. Assessment of Kidneys and Urinary Tract -- 14. Assessment of Traumatic Acute Abdoment -- 15. Ecographic assessment of non-traumatic acute abdomen -- Part IV. Vessels -- 16. Ultrasound-guided cannulation -- 17. Basic Ultrasound Skills "Head to Toe" for General Intensivists -- Part V. Brain -- 18.Cranial ultrasound for intracerebral pathology -- 19. Role of brain ultrasound for the assessment of intracranial hypertension -- 20. Transcranial Doppler (TCD): clinical applications in acute brain injury -- 21. Regional Anaesthesia for the Intensivist -- Part VI. Ultrasound training -- 22. Training in US for Intensivists -- Part VII. Integration of different US skills in clinical scenarios at the bedside -- 23. Combined Echocardiography and Lung US in Shocked Patient -- 24. Role of lung ultrasound and echocardiography in acute respiratory failure, ARDS and weaning in mechanically ventilated patients -- 25. Use of Ultrasound for the assessment of fluid-responsiveness in critically ill patients -- 26. Extended-FAST protocol in polytrauma patients.

The aim of this book, part of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) textbook series, is to educate and train practitioners in the safe and competent use of diagnostic ultrasound imaging in the visualization and interpretation of different conditions. Specifically, the program will train practitioners in the safe and accurate acquisition of ultrasound images in the examination and monitoring of patients in intensive care settings. The readers will be able to obtain knowledge on the use of ultrasound in a safe and effective manner and to learn how ultrasound examination can be used to optimize clinical management of patients. The chapters include ultrasound physics, ultrasound examination technique, optimization of the image, bedside ultrasound diagnosis of different diseases. Different domains will be addressed from the evaluation of different organs such as the heart, the lung, the abdomen, vessels and brain, focusing on the basic skills required to an intensivists working in the general Intensive Care Unit settings. The book - richly illustrated and with electronic supplementary contributions - is intended for anaesthetists and intensivists with basic knowledge of ultrasound physics and practical experience of ultrasound.