Category: Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

Essential US for Trauma: E-FAST

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Essential US for Trauma

Mauro Zago Editor 2014 Welcome to this first issue of the new Springer series, Ultrasound for Acute Care Surgeons . Ultrasound has a well-established diagnostic role in many surgical diseases, and for specific applications (for instance, breast, liver, and vascular surgery), and is carried out by the surgeons themselves. In the acute setting, however, it is still not the […]

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ECMO-Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults

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ECMO-Extracorporeal Life Support in Adults-1

Fabio Sangalli • Nicolò Patroniti Antonio Pesenti Editors 2014 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is not a new technique. It has been used in clinical practice for the last four decades, but the complexity of management and the relevant complications limited its diffusion to few specialized centers. In recent years, the development of new materials and the simplifi cation […]

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