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Principles of Examination of the Deep Veins in the Critically Ill

Second Application, Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Critically Ill: the BLUE Protocol, Venous Part

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Deep venous thrombosis in the critically ill patient is not the classical deep venous thrombosis seen in the emergency room or in chronic valvular insufficiency. The logic of the approach is completely opposed. We suspect that this field has not been fully exploited by the experts, in the same way the same experts proclaimed lung ultrasound unfeasible (see Chaps. 14–23). In the BLUE protocol, the venous approach is possibly the most important step.

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Lichtenstein, D.A. (2010). Principles of Examination of the Deep Veins in the Critically Ill. In: Whole Body Ultrasonography in the Critically Ill. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05328-3_13

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