Abstract：
:Critical ultrasound, apparently a recent field, is in fact the outcome of a slow process, initiated since 1946. The lung was traditionally not considered as part of ultrasound, yet we considered its inclusion as a priority in our definition of critical ultrasound. Acute respiratory failure is one of the most distressing situations for the patient. An ultrasound approach of this disorder - the BLUE-protocol allows rapid diagnosis. Its main features will be described. Each kind of respiratory failure provides a particular ultrasound profile. In this difficult setting, initial mistakes are frequent. The BLUE-protocol proposes a step-by-step approach for making accurate diagnosis. By combining three signs with binary answer (anterior lung sliding, anterior lung-rockets), with venous analysis when required, seven profiles are generated, yielding a 90.5% accuracy. This rate is highly enhanced when simple clinical and laboratory data are considered. The BLUE-protocol can be achieved in three minutes, because the use of an intelligent machine, a universal probe, and standardized points allow major time-saving. Lung ultrasound in the critically ill was long available. In a domain where everything must be fast and accurate, the BLUE-protocol can play a major role in the diagnosis of an acute respiratory failure, usually answering immediately to questions where only sophisticated techniques were hitherto used.
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Minerva Anestesioljournal_title
Minerva anestesiologicaauthors
Lichtenstein Dsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-05-01 00:00:00pages
313-7issue
5eissn
0375-9393issn
1827-1596journal_volume
75pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Transthoracic thermodilution (TTT) measures cardiac output without the need for right heart catheterization. In addition, two volumetric hemodynamic indices have been derived from the mathematical analysis of the TTT curve: the global end diastolic volume (a quantitative measure of cardiac preload) and the extravascul...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.20.14528-0
更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:On the basis of experience of 25 patients subjected to suspension laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy, it is shown that the technique of anaesthesiology conduction adopted responds to the needs of the anaesthesist and the laryngoscopist. Althesin in particular has been found to possess the requisites for this type of diagno...
journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva anestesiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.23736/S0375-9393.19.13820-5
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
