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Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
are: - Normal in position ... vessels #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Enlargement #Differential ... Unilateral #Bilateral #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In the supine position ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
with signs of CHF ... there is a high position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
AMS, SOB from CHF ... Pads in AP position ... bradycardia #diagnosis #differential ... #management #cardiology
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
atelectasis or lobar collaps ... has a limited differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... Patterns #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... magnification and high position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
results in a high position ... arrow) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Collapse ... Tracheal #Deviation #RadiologyAssistant
The findings are:
 - Large density on the left with loss of cardiac silhouette.
 - High
- High position ... - Low position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Lateral #LUL #Lobar #Collapse ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant
Total atelectasis
The chest x-ray shows total atelectasis of the right lung due to mucus plugging.
Notice the
regained its normal position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Total #Lung #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
be high in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant