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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 ... tumour, cervical rib ... Check lung periphery ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Rib Fracture on POCUS

Instead of poorly-sensitive and time-consuming chest xray for rib fracture, instead just “Point
POCUS Instead ... time-consuming chest ... xray for rib fracture ... #ultrasound #msk ... #clinical
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Lung ultrasound ... reveals what chest ... x-ray hides - Loculated ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Clinical #Pulmonary
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
over the left anterior ... This patient’s clinical ... defaulting to a normal interpretation ... wall, a chest x-ray ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
in line on long ... course based on chest ... completely replace x-ray ... POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #trauma
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... acquired from the anterior ... chest wall (mid-clavicular ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #mimics