Abstract
In the usual work of a physician, knowing how to detect a pleural effusion is a conclusion. The interest of the BLUE-protocol is to specify what to do with this information (redundant here, informative there) and how to link it to a cause.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Dénier A (1946) Les ultrasons, leur application au diagnostic. Presse Med 22:307–308
Joyner CR, Herman RJ, Reid JM (1967) Reflected ultrasound in the detection and localization of pleural effusion. JAMA 200:399–402
Lichtenstein D, Hulot JS, Rabiller A, Tostivint T, Mezière G (1999) Feasibility and safety of ultrasound-aided thoracentesis in mechanically ventilated patients. Intensive Care Med 25:955–958
Lichtenstein D, Goldstein I, Mourgeon E, Cluzel P, Grenier P, Rouby JJ (2004) Comparative diagnostic performances of auscultation, chest radiography and lung ultrasonography in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Anesthesiology 100:9–15
Mathis G, Blank W, Reißig A, Lechleitner P, Reuß J, Schuler A, Beckh S (2005) Thoracic ultrasound for diagnosing pulmonary embolism. A prospective multicenter study of 352 patients. Chest 128:1531–1538
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Electronic Supplementary Material
Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.
Minute pleural effusion and the “butterfl y syndrome.” This video clip shows a pleural effusion, minute but indisputable: the quad sign and sinusoid sign are clearly displayed. Those who were reading the note in Chap. 11 regarding the sub-B-lines will not be confused. When the question is “Where is the pleural line?” many novices show the lung line, as if they were attracted, hypnotized by this brilliant and dynamic line. On the contrary, the real pleural line is this discreet line located at its standardized location, half a centimeter in this adult below the rib line, and, mostly, standstill. Reminder, the pleural line is the parietal pleura, always (MOV 2502 kb)
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Lichtenstein, D.A. (2016). PLAPS and Pleural Effusion. In: Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15371-1_16
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15371-1_16
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-15370-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-15371-1
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)