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Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... On the chest x-ray ... most likely a lobar ... weight loss or long ... #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest after 3 or more ribs are broken in 2 areas
Flail Chest on Physical ... Exam Flail chest ... after 3 or more ribs ... paradoxical motion of a chest ... #PhysicalExam #
Trauma - Paradoxical Breathing in Flail Chest 
It occurs when multiple adjacent ribs are broken in
Breathing in Flail Chest ... multiple adjacent ribs ... a part of the chest ... EkremMusalar #Flail #Chest ... Video #Clinical #PhysicalExam
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... Consolidation - Lobar ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Flail Chest on Physical Exam
Flail chest occurs when 3 or more ribs are broken in at
Flail Chest on Physical ... Exam Flail chest ... when 3 or more ribs ... paradoxical motion of a chest ... #PhysicalExam #
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
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
movement of the lower rib ... hyperexpansion of the lungs ... pulling the inferior ribs ... Pulmonary #COPD #PhysicalExam
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... shows a flail chest ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest ... #Breathing #PhysicalExam
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... shows a flail chest ... rob_cosentini #Flail #Chest ... #Breathing #PhysicalExam
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