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Chest Radiography II Flashcards

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What is the silhouette sign?

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An intrathoracic lesion touching the border of the heart, aorta, or diaphragm will obliterate that border on an x-ray

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Why is the term airspace disease more appropriate than pneumonia when looking at a CXR?

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opacity may not be pneumonia; could be hemorrhage for example.

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A radiopacity which overlaps but does not obliterate the heart border is where in the thoracic cavity?

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Posteriorly

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What is the air bronchogram sign?

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The phenomenon of air-filled bronchi (dark) being made visible by the opacification of surrounding alveoli (grey/white)

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True or false: intrapulmonary bronchi are not usually visualized on CXR. Why or why not?

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True–since they are filled with air, and are surrounded by alveolar air

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When are air bronchograms usually seen?

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Pneumonia
Pulmonary edema
Bronchoalveolar cell CA

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An air bronchogram indicates that the pathology is where?

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It indicates that the lesion in within the lung parenchyma, rather than in the pleura or mediastinum

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What are the five things that can fill the alveoli to cause the bronchogram sign?

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Blood
Pus
Water
Proteinaceous fluid
Tumor
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What does an air bronchogram sign indicate?

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It indicates that the airway is open–unlikely that the lung disease is due to an obstructive tumor

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What are the three scenarios in which the air bronchogram sign may not be present?

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  • bronchi are full of secretions
  • Bronchus is obstructed by a FB or tumor
  • Incomplete lung consolidation
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What are the five mechanisms that cause lung volume loss?

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  • resorption of air as a result of obstruction of a bronchus
  • relaxation of the lung as a result of air or fluid in the pleural space
  • Scarring causing lung contraction
  • Decreased surfactant
  • Hypoventilation
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What is atelectasis?

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Less severe changes of volume loss than complete collapse

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What are the direct signs of lobar collapse? (3)

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  • Displacement of the interlobar fissure
  • Loss of aeration of the involved lobe
  • Crowding of the bronchovascular markings
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What are the two things on CXR that produce straight lines?

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Fissures and air fluid levels

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Triangular shaped area behind the lung = ?

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Left lower lobe collapse

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What are the indirect signs of lobar collapse? (5)

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  • Elevation of the ipsilateral diaphragm
  • Deviation of the trachea to the side of collapse
  • Cardiac displacement toward side of collapse
  • Narrowing of the rib cage on the side of collapse
  • Compensatory overaeration of the adjacent normal lung
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What happens to the hemidiaphragm with lobar collapse?

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Elevation of the ipsilateral diaphragm

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What happens to the hilum with lobe collapse?

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If higher lobe, then elevation

If lower lobe, then depression

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What happens to the trachea with lobe collapse?

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Deviate toward affected side

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What happens to the heart with lobar collapse?

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Displacement toward the side of the collapse

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What happens to the rib cage with lobar collapse?

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Narrowing on the side of collapse

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What happens to the adjacent, normal lung with lobar collapse?

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Overaeration

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What happens to the minor fissure with RUL collapse?

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Horizontal fissure goes superiorly

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What are the radiographic findings of a RML collapse (PA and lateral)?

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Ill defined shadowing obscuring the right heart border on PA film.

Lateral film shows thin wedge between the major and minor fissures

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What are the radiological findings with a RLL collapse (PA and lateral views)?

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PA = obliteration of the right hemidiaphragm, but normal heart border
Lat = Abnormally increased density over the lower thoracic spine d/t the triangular shaped density of the collapsed lobe. The major fissure is displaced downward
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What are the radiological findings with LUL collapse (PA and lateral views)?

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PA = LUL collapses forward and thus presents no sharp margins
Lat = The collapsed lobe is visible as a band of soft tissue retrosternally
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What happens to the major fissure with LUL collapse?

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Major fissure is pulled anteriorly

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What are the radiological findings with LLL collapse (PA and lateral views)?

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PA = triangular retrocardiac opacity with major fissure pulled medially
Lat = Increased opacity over the lower thoracic spine
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What is the most common cause of a central airway obstruction in children?

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Mucous plug or aspirated foreign body

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What is the most common cause of a central airway obstruction in adults younger than 40?

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Mucous plug

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What is the most common cause of a central airway obstruction in adults over 40?

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bronchogenic CA

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Why is lobar collapse common with ventilator use?

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Increased mucus secretion

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What are the two major structures of the lungs?

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Interstitium

Alveoli

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Multiple alveoli form what? Several of these form what?

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Acini

Secondary pulmonary lobule

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What are the two major ways that the lung can respond to disease?

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Thicken or thin

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Most interstitial lung disease is acute or chronic? What about airspace disease?

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Interstitial = Chronic
Airspace = acute
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What are the four variables of lung disease?

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Interstitium (thicken/thin)
Alveoli (fluid/air)
Location (focal/diffuse)
Time (acute/chronic)

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Why do the pulmonary vessels disappear on CXR are you move peripherally? What happens if there is thickening?

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They are beyond the resolution of the x-ray

Thickening will increase the distance at which you are able to see them

39
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What are the three generalized patterns of lung disease?

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  • Generalized (linear)
  • discrete (nodular)
  • comimation
40
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How do you differentiate between acute and chronic patterns of lung disease?

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Acute = interstitial markings are ill defined and not distorted
Chronic = sharp and distorted markings
41
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What is the most reliable way to differentiate between acute vs chronic pattern of lung disease?

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Compare to old films

42
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Most diffuse interstitial lung disease is chronic, and usually caused by what?

43
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Acute interstitial lung disease is usually due to what?

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Pulmonary edema or viral/mycoplasma pneumonia

44
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What is alveolar disease?

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airspace consolidation d/t fluid, pus etc

45
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How does a lung with alveolar disease look on CXR?

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Appears airless

46
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True or false: most airspace disease is acute

47
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With airspace disease, a bronchogram sign may be present depending on what?

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Depending on whether the associated bronchus is patent or occluded

48
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What is the difference between a mass and a nodule in a lung?

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Nodule is less than 3 cm, mass is greater

49
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What are the general causes of focal alveolar consolidation?

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Pulmonary mass or nodule

50
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What is the most frequent cause of acute diffuse alveolar disease?

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Bacterial pneumonia and pulmonary edema

51
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In young patients, what are nodules/mass usually due to? What about patients over 40?

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Young = indolent infx or inflammation
Old = CA
52
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Which has sensory innervation: the visceral or parietal pleura?

53
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Which pleura has lymphatic: visceral or parietal? What are the openings to these vessels called?

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Parietal

Stoma

54
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The pleural space extends to which rib posteriorly? Laterally?

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12th rib poasteriorly

10th rib laterally

55
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What is the costophranic sulcus (angle)?

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The deep gutter around the dome of each hemidiaphragm

56
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What view of the chest can you see the posterior costophrenic sulcus? Lateral costophrenic?

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Posterior sulcus = lateral view

Lateral sulcus = PA view

57
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What is the meniscus sign?

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Rounding of the costophrenic angle d/t accumulation of fluid

58
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Which view is more sensitive for detecting pleural effusions? Why?

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Lateral, since you can see the posterior costophrenic sulcus better, and that is the lowest area of the diaphragm

59
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If a hemithorax is totally opaque, it is usually due to what?

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Consolidation and/or atelectasis or a large pleural effusion

60
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If an opaque hemithorax is due to atelectasis, which way will the mediastinum shift?

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Toward the involved hemithorax

61
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If an opaque hemithorax is due to a large pleural effusion, which way will the mediastinum shift?

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Shift away from the involved hemithorax

62
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If there is an opaque hemithorax without shifting of the mediastinum, then what is it likely due to?

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Both atelectasis and pleural fluid or a tumor

63
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How much fluid does it take to visualize on a PA CXR?

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More than 175 mL

64
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How much fluid does it take to visualize on a lateral upright CXR?

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More than 75 mL

65
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How much fluid does it take to visualize on a decubitus CXR?

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Greater than 5 mL

66
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How much fluid does it take to visualize on a supine CXR?

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Several hundred mL

67
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Where are most pneumothoraces most commonly seen?

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Apex of the lung

68
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What is a tension pneumothorax?

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When air enters the pleural space with each breath, but cannot escape, thus increasing the intrapleural pressure

69
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What are the CXR findings with a tension pneumothorax?

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Depressed hemidiaphragm

Mediastinal shift away from the pneumothorax

70
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is A?

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Ascending aorta

71
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is B?

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Aortic knob

72
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is C?

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descending aorta

73
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is D?

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right heart border

74
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is E?

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left heart border

75
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is F?

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right pulmonary artery

76
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is G?

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left pulmonary artery

77
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Review the labeled lateral CXR. What is H?

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Retrosternal clear space

78
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Masses in the mediastinum cause what kind of widening?

79
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Hemorrhage/fat or infiltrating diseases in the mediastinum cause what kind of widening?

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Generalized

80
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What are the radiological findings of LV enlargement on a PA CXR?

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Left heart border moves laterally, and the cardiac apex moves anterolaterally

81
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What are the radiological findings of LV enlargement on a lateral CXR?

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The left heart border moves inferoposteriorly

82
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In a normal, erect state, how do the upper and lower lobe pulmonary arteries compare? What happens in CHF?

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Upper are thinner and more delicate
Lower and thicker

CHF will cause equalization between the two in the erect state

83
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What is the most frequent cause of pulmonary redistribution (cephalization)?

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Left heart failure and mitral valve stenosis

84
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Pulmonary redistribution without pulmonary edema = ?

85
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What are Kerly B lines, and what causes them?

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Fluid in the interlobular septa d/t increased LA pressure increases interstitial edema, causing the vessel margins to become less distinct, and peripheral interstitial markings to becomes more prominent.

86
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Which is worse: interstitial edema, or alveolar edema?

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Alveolar edema

87
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What are the radiological findings of alveolar edema?

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Diffuse, patchy infiltrate

88
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The sensitivity for a first or second order pulmonary embolus is close to 100%, but drops markedly for further branching. How clinically significant is this? Why?

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Not very, since low incidence of complications from these

89
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What is a V/Q scan?

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Compare V with Xe gas, and Q with Tc

90
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How do you grade V/Q scans?

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Based on pretest probability and results

91
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What are the three outcomes of a V/Q scan?

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High probability
Non-diagnostic
Low probability/normal

92
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What are the indications for a V/Q scan over a pulmonary angiography?

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  • pt with renal failure
  • allergy to contrast
  • Young women (?)
93
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What type of imaging modality should be used to test for a PE in a pregnant woman?

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CT pulmonary angiogram d/t the low dose of contrast

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