Lung ultrasound in the critically ill the BLUE protocol /

Main Author: Lichtenstein, Daniel,
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2016.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.