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Lumbar Spine X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Pedicles
 - Vertebral heights and end plates
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Interpretation Checklist ... Sacro-iliac joints - Ribs ... interpretation #radiology ... #anatomy #msk #checklist
Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
- Paradoxical Breathing ... multiple adjacent ribs ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... Trauma #Video #Clinical
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
movement of the lower rib ... pulling the inferior ribs ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical ... #Breathing #Paradoxical
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest after 3 or more ribs are broken in 2 areas
after 3 or more ribs ... #PhysicalExam #Breathing ... #respiratory #clinical
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... with multiple rib ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... with multiple rib ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest occurs when 3 or more ribs are broken in at
when 3 or more ribs ... #PhysicalExam #Breathing ... #respiratory #clinical
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Interpretation Checklist ... tumour, cervical rib ... Interpretation #Checklist ... #radiology #diagnosis
Paradoxical Respirations in Diaphragmatic Paralysis

Note the paradoxical movement of the abdomen during inspiration. The accessory inspiratory
contract, raising the rib ... #Respirations #Breathing ... #Diaphragm #Clinical
Hoover's sign on Physical Exam
Paradoxical retraction of the lower intercostal spaces on inspiration
Pulmonary hyperinflation → flattening
diameter of the lower rib ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Video #Breathing