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Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... pericardial fat or effusion ... x-rays and should ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... In these cases, ... stomach bubble should ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... seen on a supine chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Pleural plaques
The CXR shows multiple opacities.
They have irregular shapes and do not look like a lung
not look like a lung ... masses or consolidations ... bordering the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pleural #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... effusions). 1/5 ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac
The contours of the left and right diaphragm should be visible.
The right diaphragm should be visible
right diaphragm should ... to the anterior chest ... the air in the lungs ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... areas where the lung ... lymphadenopathy, pleural ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
effusion). ... position Obstructive lung ... and an enlarged cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... neuropathy or cardiac ... anterior/posterior MSK
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
NOTE: this video is NOT standard technique.
Aka "cracking the chest". A potentially life saving technique
overall survival rates ... 10% depending on clinical ... access to the pleural ... Patient should be ... surgeon and OR should