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Nothing is banal with lung ultrasound in the critically ill. It requires the simplest machines, one ideal probe also suitable for the whole body, and only two signs for mastering the normal pattern of this organ which is the most voluminous and the most vital one. This is the paradox of lung ultrasound, again.
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Lichtenstein, D.A. (2016). Interstitial Syndrome and the BLUE-Protocol: The B-Line. In: Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15371-1_11
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