Incremental value of thoracic ultrasound in intensive care units: Indications, uses, and applications

Table 2 Bedside Lung Ultrasound in Emergency protocol, profiles

Profile	Characteristic items	Diagnosis
A’ profile	Lack of lung sliding, and presence of lung point	Pneumothorax
B profile	Anterior lung sliding, with presence of lung comet tails	Acute pulmonary edema
B’ profile	Lung comet tails, with abolished anterior lung sliding	Pneumonia
A/B profile	Anterior predominant B lines on one side, and predominant A lines on the other	Pneumonia
C profile	Anterior alveolar consolidations	Pneumonia
A profile	Anterior lung sliding with A lines, and the presence of DVT	Pulmonary embolism
A-V-PLAPS-profile	Anterior lung sliding with A lines, PLAPS, absence of DVT	Pneumonia
Nude profile	Anterior lung sliding with A lines, absence of DVT or PLAPS	Severe asthma or exacerbated COPD

DVT: Depth venous thrombosis; PLAPS: Posterior and/or lateral alveolar and/or pleural syndrome; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.