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Relevance Of Bedside Lung Ultrasound In Emergency Protocol (Blue Protocol) In The Diagnosis Of Lung Pathology In Patients With Respiratory Failure Admitted To Intensive Care Unit, Mohamed Ali Omar, Said Ali Fayed, Ali Abdallah Alkumity, Farid Basiony

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal

Background; Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a life threatening condition and continues to be one of the leading factors for admission of patients to intensive care unit (ICU). Aim and objectives: was to assess the diagnostic performance of Bedside Lung Ultrasound in Emergency protocol (BLUE protocol) in patient with respiratory failure admitted to ICU. Subjects and methods: This observational study had been conducted in Al-Hussein university hospital ICU. We performed ultrasonography on consecutive patients admitted to the ICU with respiratory failure and obtaining initial diagnosis of lung pathology using Bedside Lung Ultrasound In Emergency protocol (BLUE protocol ) comparing BLUE …