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…
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the BLUE-Protocol
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France Pretending to help in expediting the causal diagnosis of a respiratory disorder using a method which was…
The Excluded Patients of the BLUE-Protocol: Who Are They? Did Their Exclusion Limit Its Value?
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France The letters to the editor generated by the native article well go beyond the 2,500 word limit…
An Introduction to the Signatures of Lung Ultrasound
(1) Hôpital Ambroise Paré Service de Réanimation Médicale, Boulogne (Paris-West University), France For performing lung ultrasound in the critically ill, we have counted 12 main signs. Only the first…
Dynamic Assessment of the Heart: Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit
BSE ACCF/ASE Indicated Chest pain with haemodynamic instability Assessment of the presence of complications following MI Persistent hypotension of unknown cause Suspected pericardial tamponade Suspected or established PE to inform…
