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Acute onset of respiratory distress in critically ill patients
Clinical applications of lung ultrasound in the critically ill:Only 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
To detect the value of BLUE protocol in the diagnosis of acute onset of respiratory distress in critically ill patients
This cross-sectional study conducted on 60 patients by performing ultrasonography on consecutive patients admitted to the ICU with acute onset of respiratory distress (dyspnea), comparing lung ultrasonography results on initial presentation with the final diagnosis with conventional method of diagnosis by the ICU team.
The BLUE protocol proved its importance, availability, easiness of application, accuracy and its ability to reach a final correct diagnosis in 90%of the patients. The lung U/S showed much better results than the CXR, but still the CT chest was more superior to the lung U/S as the sensitivity of the BLUE protocol in the diagnosis of pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, pleural effusion and COPD was 91.4%, 92.8%, 90%, 88.8% and 78.6 respectively.
The lung U/S (BLUE protocol) is a bedside, reliable, dynamic, rapid, and noninvasive technique, these results suggest it could have a significant role in the diagnostic workup of acute onset of respiratory distress in the ICU.