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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 ... compare hilum position ... radiologistpage #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation ... #Checklist #radiology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... correctly positioned ... since a prior CXR ... is mal-positioned ... used to clear obstructions
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
pneumonia On the chest ... is in a normal position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal chest ... practice many chest ... In the supine position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
pericardium: - CXR ... tracheal deviation - CMR ... in a posterior position ... CardiacMRI #CMRI #cardiology ... #chest #radiology
Dynamic CT Myelograms can help identify the source of spinal CSF Leaks. 
1. Place a sponge
sponge on CT & position ... prone Trendelenburg ... CSFLeak #Procedure #Instructions ... Spinal #Diagnosis #Radiology
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
Stage III - Alveolar ... supine or erect position ... left decubitus position ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Air Bronchogram - Portable anterior–posterior chest radiography showed dense airspace disease with bilateral hemithorax opacification and
anterior–posterior chest ... bronchograms, a radiologic ... the surrounding alveoli ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... filling of the alveoli ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Chest x-ray: signs ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology