BookDaniel A. Lichtenstein.
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.