BLUE-Protocol and Pulmonary Embolism
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Pulmonary embolism has a special place in most minds, probably because of the risk of sudden death…
BLUE-Protocol and Acute Hemodynamic Pulmonary Edema
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Pathophysiological Reminder of the Disease Acute hemodynamic pulmonary edema, referred to as AHPE, is usually a disease…
Lung Ultrasound: A Tool Which Contributes in Making Critical Ultrasound a Holistic Discipline and Maybe a Philosophy
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Critical ultrasound is a bit more than a new tool – it is also a philosophy. Created…
The A-Profile (Normal Lung Surface): 1) The A-Line
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France We now describe the 5th principle of LUCI. It should be understood that the A-profile is defined…
BLUE-Protocol and Pneumothorax
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Why and How the Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pneumothorax, Just This, Can Change Habits in Acute Medicine The…
BLUE-Protocol and Bronchial Diseases: Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) and Severe Asthma
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Pathophysiological Reminder of the Disease These two diseases were put together for the sake of simplicity, since…
LUCI and the Concept of the “PLAPS”
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France The pathophysiological basis of the BLUE-protocol shows that each acute condition able to generate a pleural effusion…
Interstitial Syndrome in the Critically Ill: The B-Profile and the B’-Profile
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Electronic supplementary material The online version of this chapter (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15371-1_13) contains supplementary material, which is available to…
The BLUE-Protocol and the Diagnosis of Pneumonia
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Pathophysiological Reminder of the Disease Pneumonia creates an inflammation of the lung tissue. The edema enlarges the…
