Overview
- Discusses the basic technique and “signatures” of lung ultrasound
- Comprehensive description of relevant protocols including the BLUE protocol for respiratory failure and the FALLS protocol for shock
- The only book to focus exclusively on lung ultrasound in critical care
- Explains in detail all the possible settings in which lung ultrasound can be used
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Table of contents (41 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Tools of the BLUE-Protocol
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Front Matter
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Keywords
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Reviews
“The introduction to Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill: The BLUE Protocol highlights the development of lung US for the critically ill and the hurdles encountered. … this book serves as an excellent reference for the topic of lung US from a comprehensive approach that has not previously been available. The author provides thorough background and has structured the concepts so as to appeal to any acute care specialty.” (Davinder Ramsingh, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 125 (4), October, 2017)
“The book reflects the colossal experience of a dedicated physician evaluating the lungs with simple ultrasound technology. It is rich in practical points, clinical pearls, anecdotes, and historical and philosophical citations. … Dr. Lichtenstein is one of the pioneers of bedside ultrasound. Hence, the book is also the history of three decades of personal struggle to advance bedside ultrasound to where it is today. … a unique book which we believe will become an instant classic.” (André Denault, Martin Girard and Yiorgos Alexandros Cavayas, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, February, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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 protocol, which allows diagnosis of most cases of acute respiratory failure, are first described in detail. Careful attention is then devoted to protocols derived from the BLUE protocol – the FALLS protocol for diagnosis and management of acute circulatory failure, the Pink protocol for use in ARDS, and the SESAME protocol 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill
Book Subtitle: The BLUE Protocol
Authors: Daniel A. Lichtenstein
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15371-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15370-4Published: 19 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35741-6Published: 21 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15371-1Published: 29 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 376
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 136 illustrations in colour
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pneumology/Respiratory System, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Ultrasound