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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Air-Fluid Level on Chest ... and pleuritic chest ... #Cavitary #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... places - Flail chest ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... #chestxray #trauma ... diagnosis #signs #radiology
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
2-view chest 0.02 ... and lateral abdomen ... Chest CT 3 mSv ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #CXR
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
knowledge about imaging ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
6 mSv 2 years CHEST ... Tomography (CT) — Chest ... Tomography (CT) — Lung ... mSv 6 months - Chest ... #ChestXRay #CXR
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest CT
47 M with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. Typical imaging findings:
- Upper lobe
Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest ... Typical imaging ... Rare - GVHD, lung ... #clinical #pulmonary ... #CXR
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... 0.04 mSv 4 days Chest ... mSv 8 months Chest ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
CXR), try rotating ... chest wall, a chest ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary