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A 37 yo male with no sig PMH presents with pleuritic chest pain for 3 days.
with pleuritic chest ... Chest xray is shown ... sided spontaneous pneumothorax ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Spontaneous #Pneumothorax
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... dissection • Pneumothorax ... ultrasound • CXR ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... Check apices for pneumothorax ... radiologistpage #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation
The image on the right is after insertion of an intercostal drain.
Notice that the diaphragm has
Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumothorax # ... Tension #Chest #
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... rib fracture - Pneumothorax ... places - Flail chest ... Persistent large pneumothorax ... abdominal viscus #cxr
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... treated for a prior pneumothorax ... assume that the pneumothorax ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumothorax #
Double Lung Point seen in a Small Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

Young male with stab wound to
seen in a Small Pneumothorax ... stab wound to chest ... Upright CXR normal ... LungPoint #Small #Pneumothorax
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... 14-22 Fr stable pneumothorax ... -28 Fr tension pneumothorax ... resolution of the pneumothorax
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
level in hydro-pneumothorax ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Rib Subluxation on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

60ish yo patient presents with left sided CP, SOB,
CXR and CTA Chest ... negative for pneumothorax