Lung ultrasound in the critically ill : the blue protocol / Daniel A. Lichtenstein.

Springer eBooks

The tools of the BLUE-protocol: Basic notions: the indispensable -- Which unit -- Which probe -- Specific notions -- The seven principles of L.U.C.I. -- The BLUE-points -- The 10 signatures at a glance -- The pleural line -- The A-profile and the A-line -- The A-profile and lung sliding -- The B-line -- Interstitial syndrome and lung rockets -- The B-profile, the B’-profile -- The A’-profile and pneumothorax -- PLAPS -- PLAPS and pleural effusion -- PLAPS and lung consolidation. The C-profile -- BLUE-DVT. Deep venous thrombosis in the BLUE-protocol -- Simple emergency cardiac sonography -- The BLUE-protocol in clinical use: Basic principle of the BLUE-protocol. The 8 profiles. The data -- Excluded patients of the BLUE-protocol -- Frequently asked questions on the BLUE-protocol -- The BLUE-protocol and pneumonia.- The BLUE-protocol and acute hemodynamic pulmonary edema -- The BLUE-protocol, asthma and COPD -- The BLUE-protocol and pulmonary embolism.- The BLUE-protocol and pneumothorax.- The main products derived from the BLUE-protocol: Pink-protocol (lung ultrasound in ARDS) -- The LUCI-FLR project (decrease of medical irradiation) -- FALLS-protocol (heart, lung, venous ultrasound in management of acute circulatory failure).- SESAME-protocol (ultrasound in cardiac arrest).- Extension of lung ultrasound to specific disciplines, wider settings, various considerations: Lung ultrasound in the neonate.- All specialties involved in lung ultrasound.- Critical ultrasound, lung, heart and DVT apart.- The Extended BLUE-protocol.- Non critical ultrasound.- Various considerations.- How to learn the BLUE-protocol.- Holistic ultrasound, a new definition - how it can impact critical medicine.- Lung artifacts from A to Z.

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