LUNG ULTRASOUND IN THE CRITICALLY ILL. THE BLUE PROTOCOL

Written by a pioneer in critical care ultrasound, this book discusses the basic technique and “signatures” of lung ultrasound and explains its main clinical applications. The tools and clinical uses of the BLUE prool, which allows diagnosis of most cases of acute respiratory failure, are first described in detail. Careful attention is then devoted to prools derived from the BLUE prool – the FALLS prool for diagnosis and management of acute circulatory failure, the Pink prool for use in ARDS, and the SESAME prool for use in cardiac arrest – and to the LUCI-FLR program, a means of answering clinical questions while reducing radiation exposure. Finally, the book discusses all the possible settings in which lung ultrasound can be used, discipline by discipline and condition by condition. Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill comprehensively explains how ultrasound can become the stethoscope of modern medicine. It is a superb complement to the author’s previous book, Whole Body Ultrasonography in the Critically Ill.

Table of contents (41 chapters)
1.Basic Knobology Useful for the BLUE-Protocol (Lung and Venous Assessment) and Derived Protocols
2.Which Equipment for the BLUE-Protocol? (And for Whole-Body Critical Ultrasound). 1 – The Unit
3.Which Equipment for the BLUE-Protocol 2. The Probe
4.How We Conduct a BLUE-Protocol (And Any Critical Ultrasound): Practical Aspects
5.The Seven Principles of Lung Ultrasound
6.The BLUE-Points: Three Points Allowing Standardization of a BLUE-Protocol
7.An Introduction to the Signatures of Lung Ultrasound
8.The Pleural Line
9.The A-Profile (Normal Lung Surface): 1) The A-Line
10.The A-Profile (Normal Lung Surface): 2) Lung Sliding
11.Interstitial Syndrome and the BLUE-Protocol: The B-Line
12.Lung Rockets: The Ultrasound Sign of Interstitial Syndrome
13.Interstitial Syndrome in the Critically Ill: The B-Profile and the B’-Profile
14.Pneumothorax and the A’-Profile
15.LUCI and the Concept of the “PLAPS”
16.PLAPS and Pleural Effusion
17.PLAPS and Lung Consolidation (Usually Alveolar Syndrome) and the C-profile
18.The BLUE-Protocol, Venous Part: Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Critically Ill. Technique and Results for the Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
19.Simple Emergency Cardiac Sonography: A New Application Integrating Lung Ultrasound
20.The Ultrasound Approach of an Acute Respiratory Failure: The BLUE-Protocol
21.The Excluded Patients of the BLUE-Protocol: Who Are They? Did Their Exclusion Limit Its Value?
22.Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the BLUE-Protocol
23.The BLUE-Protocol and the Diagnosis of Pneumonia
24.BLUE-Protocol and Acute Hemodynamic Pulmonary Edema
25.BLUE-Protocol and Bronchial Diseases: Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) and Severe Asthma
26.BLUE-Protocol and Pulmonary Embolism
27.BLUE-Protocol and Pneumothorax
28.Lung Ultrasound in ARDS: The Pink-Protocol. The Place of Some Other Applications in the Intensive Care Unit (CLOT-Protocol, Fever-Protocol)
29.The LUCI-FLR Project: Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill – A Bedside Alternative to Irradiating Techniques, Radiographs and CT
30.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
31.Lung Ultrasound as the First Step of Management of a Cardiac Arrest: The SESAME-Protocol
32.Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill Neonate
33.Lung Ultrasound Outside the Intensive Care Unit
34.Whole Body Ultrasound in the Critically Ill (Lung, Heart, and Venous Thrombosis Excluded)
35.The Extended-BLUE-Protocol
36.Noncritical Ultrasound, Within the ICU and Other Hot Settings
37.Free Considerations
38.A Way to Learn the BLUE-Protocol
39.Lung Ultrasound: A Tool Which Contributes in Making Critical Ultrasound a Holistic Discipline and Maybe a
40.Suggestion for Classifying Air Artifacts
41.Glossary