Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill: The BLUE Protocol

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Basic Knobology Useful for the BLUE-Protocol (Lung and Venous Assessment) and Derived Protocols....Pages 3-9
Which Equipment for the BLUE-Protocol? (And for Whole-Body Critical Ultrasound). 1 – The Unit....Pages 11-22
Which Equipment for the BLUE-Protocol 2. The Probe....Pages 23-35
How We Conduct a BLUE-Protocol (And Any Critical Ultrasound): Practical Aspects....Pages 37-43
The Seven Principles of Lung Ultrasound....Pages 45-49
The BLUE-Points: Three Points Allowing Standardization of a BLUE-Protocol....Pages 51-58
An Introduction to the Signatures of Lung Ultrasound....Pages 59-60
The Pleural Line....Pages 61-64
The A-Profile (Normal Lung Surface): 1) The A-Line....Pages 65-66
The A-Profile (Normal Lung Surface): 2) Lung Sliding....Pages 67-78
Interstitial Syndrome and the BLUE-Protocol: The B-Line....Pages 79-86
Lung Rockets: The Ultrasound Sign of Interstitial Syndrome....Pages 87-94
Interstitial Syndrome in the Critically Ill: The B-Profile and the B’-Profile....Pages 95-96
Pneumothorax and the A’-Profile....Pages 97-108
LUCI and the Concept of the “PLAPS”....Pages 109-110
PLAPS and Pleural Effusion....Pages 111-116
PLAPS and Lung Consolidation (Usually Alveolar Syndrome) and the C-profile....Pages 117-122
The BLUE-Protocol, Venous Part: Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Critically Ill. Technique and Results for the Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 123-142
Simple Emergency Cardiac Sonography: A New Application Integrating Lung Ultrasound....Pages 143-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
The Ultrasound Approach of an Acute Respiratory Failure: The BLUE-Protocol....Pages 157-166
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
The Excluded Patients of the BLUE-Protocol: Who Are They? Did Their Exclusion Limit Its Value?....Pages 167-169
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the BLUE-Protocol....Pages 171-175
The BLUE-Protocol and the Diagnosis of Pneumonia....Pages 177-179
BLUE-Protocol and Acute Hemodynamic Pulmonary Edema....Pages 181-186
BLUE-Protocol and Bronchial Diseases: Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) and Severe Asthma....Pages 187-188
BLUE-Protocol and Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 189-194
BLUE-Protocol and Pneumothorax....Pages 195-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Lung Ultrasound in ARDS: The Pink-Protocol. The Place of Some Other Applications in the Intensive Care Unit (CLOT-Protocol, Fever-Protocol)....Pages 203-216
The LUCI-FLR Project: Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill – A Bedside Alternative to Irradiating Techniques, Radiographs and CT....Pages 217-225
Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis and Management of an Acute Circulatory Failure: The FALLS-Protocol (Fluid Administration Limited by Lung Sonography) – One Main Extension of the BLUE-Protocol....Pages 227-259
Lung Ultrasound as the First Step of Management of a Cardiac Arrest: The SESAME-Protocol....Pages 261-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill Neonate....Pages 277-285
Lung Ultrasound Outside the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 287-294
Whole Body Ultrasound in the Critically Ill (Lung, Heart, and Venous Thrombosis Excluded)....Pages 295-307
The Extended-BLUE-Protocol....Pages 309-326
Noncritical Ultrasound, Within the ICU and Other Hot Settings....Pages 327-332
Free Considerations....Pages 333-348
A Way to Learn the BLUE-Protocol....Pages 349-353
Lung Ultrasound: A Tool Which Contributes in Making Critical Ultrasound a Holistic Discipline and Maybe a Philosophy....Pages 355-357
Suggestion for Classifying Air Artifacts....Pages 359-364
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Glossary....Pages 365-370
Back Matter....Pages 371-376