Clinician-performed bedside ultrasound is an exciting new development in medicine. Numerous diagnostic and procedural applications show great promise for improving the care of children. Many pediatric providers, however, remain unaware of its potential and ultrasound continues to be under-utilized in both the investigation and management of ill and injured children. Case Studies in Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound illustrates the utility of bedside ultrasound in a variety of scenarios, including the emergency setting and critical care unit. A wide range of diagnostic and procedural applications are covered in fifty-nine cases, recreating real-life experiences of expert practitioners. The cases are concise and readable, with teaching points that highlight how ultrasound can be used to expedite and focus pediatric care. With hundreds of high-quality images, and video content accompanying many cases, this text is essential reading for pediatricians, emergency physicians, pediatric anesthesiologists and critical care physicians.

Preface
Part I. Diagnostic Applications:
1. Right-upper-quadrant pain in a 10-year-old female
2. Motor vehicle accident evaluation in a 5-year-old male
3. Fall from a height in a 5-year-old male
4. Left flank pain following a fall in an 8-year-old female
5. Chest trauma in a 14-year-old male
6. Chest trauma in an 8-year-old male
7. Multiple trauma in a 7-year-old female
8. Fall from a tree in a 6-year-old female and 10-year-old male
9. A pale and poorly responsive 6-year-old female
10. Sudden desaturation in an 8-year-old male
11. Poorly responsive and apneic 2-week-old male
12. Cardiac arrest in a 10-year-old male
13. Apnea, pallor and leg-stiffening in a 1-week-old female
14. Headache in a 16-year-old female
15. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a 6-year-old male
16. Fall from the couch in a 3-month-old male
17. Visual acuity changes in a 6-year-old male
18. Periorbital swelling in a 5-year-old female
19. Neck mass in a 3-year-old female
20. Sore throat in a 15-year-old female
21. Difficulty breathing in a 7-week-old male
22. Cough, fever and rales in a 4-year-old female
23. Dyspnea with feeding in a 5-month-old female
24. Syncope in a 16-year-old female
25. Abdominal pain in a 14-year-old female
26. Paroxysmal abdominal pain and vomiting in a 7-month-old male
27. Projectile vomiting in a 4-week-old male
28. Right upper quadrant pain in 15-year-old female
29. Vomiting and diarrhea in a 3-year-old male
30. Rectal bleeding in a 6-day-old male
31. Inguinal mass in an 18-month-old male
32. Left upper quadrant pain in a 13-year-old male
33. Acute hemiscrotal pain in a 16-year-old male
34. Severe pelvic pain in a 15-year-old female
35. Lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding in a 14-year-old female
36. Limping in a 10-year-old female
37. Forearm pain in a 7-year-old female
38. Post-traumatic elbow pain in a 7-year-old male
39. Posterior ankle pain in a 16-year-old male
40. Red and swollen thigh in a 6-year-old female
41. Suspected finger foreign-body in a 15-year-old male
Part II. Procedural Applications:
42. Acute desaturation after intubation in a 15-month-old female
43. Urosepsis and no IV access in a 5-year-old male
44. Dehydration and difficult IV access in a 10-month-old male
45. Severe dehydration in a 12-month-old male
46. Cough and dyspnea in a 5-year-old male
47. Abdominal distention in a 9-year-old male
48. Labial fusion in a 3-month-old female
49. Painful leg trauma in a 14-year-old male
50. Plantar foreign-body in a 5-year-old female
51. Right shoulder pain in a 16-year-old male
52. Foreign body in the hand of a 16-year-old male
53. Spontaneous pneumothorax in a 14-year-old male
54. Leg pain and swelling in a 16-year-old male
55. Fall on broken glass in an 8-year-old female
56. Limp in a 5-year-old male
57. Post-traumatic forearm deformity in a 7-year-old male
58. Seizure and fever in a 2-month-old male
59. Abscess in an uncooperative 12-year-old autistic male
Index