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Interstitial Syndrome in the Critically Ill: The B-Profile and the B’-Profile

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This chapter will probably be the shortest. It was necessary to understand quietly, step-by-step, the elementary sign (the B-line, Chap. 11), the developed sign (lung rockets, Chap. 12) of interstitial syndrome, and the phenomenon of lung sliding (Chap. 10).

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  1. Lichtenstein D, Mezière G (2008) Relevance of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of acute respiratory failure. The BLUE-protocol. Chest 134:117–125

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The B-profile. Lung rockets are associated with frank lung sliding. Patient with hemodynamic pulmonary edema (MOV 2351 kb)

The B’-profile. These lung rockets are here associated with a quite complete abolition of lung sliding. This is a typical B’-profile, seen in a patient with ARDS (MOV 3336 kb)

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Lichtenstein, D.A. (2016). Interstitial Syndrome in the Critically Ill: The B-Profile and the B’-Profile. In: Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15371-1_13

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