Advanced Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Comprehensive Review

This book is a structured and comprehensive source of detailed information on advanced point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) applications. Dating back to the 1990s with the FAST exam for trauma, the scope of this imaging modality has expanded widely and been adopted by almost all medicine specialties. POCUS is increasingly being integrated into medical school and residency curricula globally and innovations in technology continue to make the devices smaller and lighter, with better image quality and advanced features, facilitating accessibility and use by health care providers wherever it is needed. 

This volume is organized into four sections: organ systems, procedures, disease-state protocols, and high-level information for individuals building educational programs and for those in leadership roles. The chapters dedicated to organ systems cover ultrasound of the heart, lung, eye, head, neck, and many others. Following a chapter on ultrasound guidance for various procedures, chapters cover ultrasound-guided nerve blocks and resuscitative ultrasound. The book closes with several chapters relevant to ultrasound education and leadership, including chapters that discuss research; diversity, equity, and inclusion; administration of ultrasound programs; and emerging applications of ultrasound. 

In the hands of appropriately trained users, POCUS augments diagnostic accuracy, allows for timely diagnosis, and improves procedural safety and success rates. Advanced Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Comprehensive Review reviews core foundational knowledge and provides comprehensive information on advanced techniques, applications, and innovations to addresses the resource gap for POCUS providers who wish to elevate their knowledge to a higher level. 

Michael Gottlieb, MD 
Professor of Emergency Medicine 
Vice Chair of Research 
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Division 
Department of Emergency Medicine 
Rush University Medical Center 
Chicago, Illinois  

Dr. Gottlieb is an ultrasound fellowship-trained emergency medicine physician, who is certified as a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer and has a Focused Practice Designation in Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound. He is the Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Division and Vice Chair of Research at Rush University Medical Center, where he developed the institutional point-of-care ultrasound program and founded the Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship. He is a national leader in ultrasound and education, having served on the Board of Directors for the Society for Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, as well as the Past-Chair of the ACEP Ultrasound Section, AAEM Ultrasound Section, CORD Academy for Scholarship, SAEM Education Summit, and CORD Education Committee. He is also an avid researcher and author, having published over 600 peer-reviewed publications and is an editor for nine major medical journals. He has given over 350 invited national and international lectures and received dozens of awards for research, education, and leadership. 

Nova Panebianco, MD, MPH 
Professor of Emergency Medicine 
Director, Division of Emergency Ultrasound 
Department of Emergency Medicine 
University of Pennsylvania 
Philadelphia, PA 

Dr. Panebianco is an ultrasound fellowship-trained Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She serves as the Director of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound and is the Chair of the Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Alliance, a health-system wide committee of POCUS stakeholders.  Dr. Panebianco is a consummate educator and one of her most important accomplishments has been establishing a collaborative multi-specialty POCUS fellowship at her institution, graduating POCUS experts from Hospitalist Medicine, Family Medicine, Critical Care, Nephrology, Geriatrics, and Med/Peds specialties.  She is a national leader in ultrasound having served as Chair of the SAEM Academy of Emergency Ultrasound, Chair of the ACEP Ultrasound Section, President of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, and is currently the Secretary/Treasurer of the National Board of Echocardiography. She has given over 250 lectures locally, nationally, and internationally, co-organized the SCUF annual meeting in 2016, and co-chaired the critical care track session at American Society of Echocardiography scientific assembly. She has extensive grant-funded research, scientific publications, and has won multiple awards in her institution and nationally for service, research, and education. This will be her second book publication.