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ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Getting Into the Chest ... • Curve along rib ... Open chest with ... rib spreaders ... bleeding vessels, lung
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
masses is very long ... #Management #Radiology ... #Lung #Multiple ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The second most common chest wall abnormalities that we see on a CXR are metastases in
second most common chest ... vertebral bodies and ribs ... the posterior rib ... Tumor #Metastases #Rib ... RibMetastases #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... the lung will lie ... against the anterior chest ... inferior part of the lung ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Injury Score for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma
Age - 1 - Per additional 10-year increase starting
Chest Injury Score ... for Blunt Chest ... age Number of rib ... Per additional rib ... fracture Chronic lung
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... tissue and down to rib ... Dissect above one rib ... ensure that the lung ... Checklist #Procedure #Management
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 ... tumour, cervical rib ... Check lung periphery ... radiologistpage #Chest
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... On a Chest X-Ray ... is interstitial lung ... detected on a chest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... LAM is a rare lung ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... disease: Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... Management: • ... treatment until the chest