title: [Lung ultrasound: clinical applications and perspectives in intensive care unit].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the use of lung ultrasound in clinical practice and the new opportunities offered by this technology in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of signs identified by lung ultrasound and systematic analysis of data published within the last 5 years on its use in ICU. The literature has been extracted from the database Pubmed™. Specific keywords were used to select relevant publications. Clinical studies published in French and English languages were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lung ultrasound serves to diagnose, quantify, drain and monitor pleural effusions. In patients with acute respiratory failure, lung ultrasound participates to the diagnosis, the implementation of treatments and their follow-up. It helps to manage patients with pneumonia and acute lung injury. Finally, the investigation of the interstitial edema brings information about hemodynamics that can serve to manage our patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lung ultrasound is an easy, non-invasive, and non-irradiant technology. It brings lot of useful information at the patient's bedside.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie et de réanimation, Aix-Marseille université, hôpital Nord, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, chemin des Bourrely, 13015 Marseille cedex 20, France. Laurent.ZIELESKIEWICZ@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zieleskiewicz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arbelot
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hammad
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Textoris
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography