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The previous chapter detailed the first three of the seven principles of lung ultrasound. Now it is time to take the probe. Chap. 1 showed how we hold it and how we don’t. The probe is perpendicular to the anterior chest wall and tries to stay perpendicular at the PLAPS-point.
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Lichtenstein D. L’échographie pulmonaire: une méthode d’avenir en médecine d’urgence et de réanimation? Revue de Pneumologie Clinique. 1997;53:63–8.
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Lichtenstein, D.A. (2016). The A-Profile (Normal Lung Surface): 1) The A-Line. In: Lung Ultrasound in the Critically Ill. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15371-1_9
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