Chest xrays

Question 1

What is the mmemonic for summarising chest xrays

Answer 1

1. Name date PA or AP

A - Airway (trachea) & Adenopathy (hilar)
B - Bones (fractures, density) & Breasts (symmetry, calcification)
C - Cardiac shadow (size and shape)
D- Diaphragm (sharpness n costophrenic angle)
E - Everything else (soft tissue)
F - Fields (lung infiltrates and vascularity)