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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... Implications Respiratory ... places - Flail chest ... leak after chest ... pattern in the chest
Flail Chest on Physical Exam

Anterior flail chest post MVA, see seatbelt sign as another clue

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#Flail
Flail Chest on Physical ... Anterior flail chest ... docvlok #Flail #Chest ... #PhysicalExam # ... #respiratory
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... ) indicates an injury ... either a large injury ... precipitate re-expansion pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Assessment #Pulmonary
Paradoxical Breathing on Physical Exam

Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. It causes the
breathing is often a sign ... It causes the chest ... includes flail chest ... #respiratory #clinical ... #video #pulmonary
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
outward as is normal ... the lungs due to air ... Pulmonary #COPD ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Paradoxical #Respiratory
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... CTAir surrounding ... a preexisting pulmonary ... .2016.12.033 #Monod #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
(assumes Room Air ... /0.8)] - PaO2 Normal ... Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
Air Crescent Sign ... on Chest CT • ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #Crescent #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... Sign on Chest CT ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #Bronchogram #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... high-resolution chest ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal