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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 ... Checklist #radiology #diagnosis
Lumbar Spine X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Pedicles
 - Vertebral heights and end plates
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Sacro-iliac joints - Ribs ... - Lung bases ... Spine #LSpine #XRay ... #radiology #diagnosis ... labeled #anatomy #msk
Shoulder X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
1. Assess glenohumeral alignment
2. Outline the proximal humerus
3. Assess acromioclavicular joint and coracoclavicular
Shoulder X-Ray Interpretation ... Assess the ribs ... Assess the lung ... #radiology #msk ... #diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
supine, friction rub ... audible Lungs: ... pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... beyond a clinical diagnosis ... in line on long ... course based on chest
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
over the left anterior ... x-ray (CXR), try ... defaulting to a normal interpretation ... wall, a chest x-ray ... not seen on a CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
Esophageal Rupture with Gastric Contents seen on Lung Ultrasound
Middle aged patient with oesophageal Ca presents generally
Contents seen on Lung ... Patient had CXR ... Diagnosis made at ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... papules, nodules; anterior ... /posterior MSK,