CHEST RADIOGRAPHY Flashcards
how is a chest radiograph read?
airway breathing cardiac diaphragm evolving
heart appears larger in what film, AP, PA?
A-P film
normal lung parenchyma appears?
dark
lungs appose, laterally, medially, inferiorly?
chest wall
heart and mediastinum
diaphragm and costophrenic angles
what are the infiltrates due to?
alveolar collapse fluid infection tumor injury/trauma/blood
what are the differential diagnosis of diffuse, bilateral infiltrates?
cardiogenic
non-cariogenic
diffuse infection
transudative effusions?
high hydrostatic pressure
and/or
low oncotic pressure
*left ventricular failure, nephrotic syndrome, cirrhosis with ascites
exudative effusions?
infection, tumor, cytokines
*bacterial infection
this is a collection of purulent material in the pleural cavity, associated with pneumonia and starts wit exudate, bacterial colonization, fibrosis, and lung restriction?
empyema
shortness of breath chest pain decreased breath sounds large effusion systemic signs of inflammation
what is this?
pleural effusion
how would you treat pleural effusion secondary to heart failure?
diuresis
pleural effusion management can be drained how?
thoracentesis pigtail catheter drainage chest tube placement pleurodesis VATS
etiologies of lung collapse?
tumors
secretions
infection
foreign body aspiration
shortness of breath
hypoxemia
no air excursion with inspiration
decreased breath sounds
what is this?
lung collapse
primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in healthy patients, T/F?
true
males
10-40 yr
thin
smoking
