Ultrasonography: The Third Eye of Anaesthesiologist
Kirti Gujarkar Mahatme *
Department of Anaesthesia, Datta Meghe Medical College and Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur, India.
Pratibha Deshmukh
Department of Anaesthesia, Datta Meghe Medical College and Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur, India.
Parag Sable
Department of Anaesthesia, Datta Meghe Medical College and Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Centre, Nagpur, India.
Vivek Chakole
Department of Anesthesia Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Anesthesiology is an evolving branch. Most of the procedures done by anesthesiologists, are blind except for endotracheal intubation. Ultrasonography (USG) helps anesthesiologists to see the actual anatomy in real time and thus helps them to give safe anesthesia minimizing the complications in every aspect of the field like difficult airway, vascular access, regional anesthesia, chronic pain management and critical care.
Keywords: USG, reflection, refraction, scatterin and absorption