Synopsis
This new full-color textbook is a unique and powerful resource with an engaging clarity of purpose: To teach clinical ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. Colorful, wonderfully written, exceptionally illustrated, lovely to browse, and authoritative all at once, it is created by and for practitioners of clinical sonography. Sonographers in training and those who teach them will find superbly illustrated and clearly written how-to instruction with dozens of features that make learning easy and yes! fun. Registry candidates preparing for their exam in obstetrics and gynecology will find the ARDMS exam topics covered and explained in full and colorful detail. Veteran sonographers and department managers will discover a versatile clinical reference full of facts, tips, explanations, protocols, standard measurements, diagnostic images, and 15 hours of available SDMS-approved CME credit that more than one person may apply for.
There are 1,234 illustrations and sonograms demonstrate clinical anatomy, patient positions, scanning techniques, normal and abnormal findings, and key principles.
Color boxes and tables provide and reinforce key information at a glance risk factors, teratogens, indications, lab values, differential diagnoses, sonographic findings, diagnostic criteria, normal and abnormal measurements, anomalies, related conditions, and clinical pearls and secrets.
End-of-chapter Scanning Tips and Pitfalls explain common situations and errors to avoid.
End-of-chapter Self-Assessment Questions focus and guide your study. Answers with clear explanations appear in an appendix to the book.
Standard measurements, calculations, and reference data appear in an appendix containing 44 tables for fast access. Current AIUM guidelines and samples of clinical data sheets are published in an appendix to the book.
An extensive glossary defines more than 1000 terms commonly encountered in ob/gyn sonography.
About the Author
Kathy Gill is Program Director of the Institute of Ultrasound Diagnostics in Spanish Fort, Alabama, a clinical sonographer with more than 30 years of experience in abdomen and obstetrics and gynecology, a Fellow of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, and an author and teacher whose work resonates with readers, students, and veteran sonographers alike.
Contributors include:
Jim Baun, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS;
George Bega, MD;
Pamela M. Foy, MS, RDMS, FSDMS;
George Koulianos, MD, FACOG;
Daniel A. Merton, BS, RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM;
Bryan T. Oshiro, MD;
Joe Rodriguez, RT, RDMS; and
Misty Sliman, BS, RT(R)(S), RDMS.
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