Dr. Kristin Radtke, senior anesthesiology trainee, recently joined us on the acute care ultrasound rotation. Dr. Radtke has put together an excellent tutorial on lung ultrasound for respiratory failure, with a focus on the BLUE protocol.

References

Lichtenstein D a, Mezière G a (2008) Relevance of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of acute respiratory failure: the BLUE protocol. Chest 134:117–25.

Lichtenstein D (2009) Lung ultrasound in acute respiratory failure an introduction to the BLUE-protocol. Minerva anestesiologica 75:313–317