Lung ultrasound in the critically ill : the BLUE protocol /: the BLUE protocol. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel A. Lichtenstein.
• Authors: Lichtenstein, Daniel
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.2/40754; Medicine; Lungs -- Ultrasonic imaging; Lungs -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging -- Instruments; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging -- Instruments; Lungs -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Lungs -- Ultrasonic imaging; Lung -- diagnostic imaging; Medicine & Public Health; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Pediatrics; Emergency Medicine; Ultrasound; Medical -- Anesthesiology; Medical -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical -- Pediatrics; Medical -- Emergency Medicine; Medical -- Ultrasonography; Anaesthetics; Respiratory medicine; Paediatric medicine; Accident & emergency medicine; Ultrasonics; Critical care medicine; Anesthesiology; Pneumology; Pediatrics; Emergency medicine; Diagnosis, Ultrasonic; Medical -- Critical Care; Intensive care medicine; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319153711; 3319153714
• Related ISBNs: 9783319153704; 3319153706
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 20, 2015).
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