CXR Flashcards
What is the most common form of x ray we order at bedside?
Anterior to posterior
Which sign goes with Croup?
Steeple sign
Deep sulcus is a sign seen in a pnuemo. What other two findings are common?
line of demarkation and tracheal shift away from the injury
Thumb sign
epiglottitis
**Pt will also have drastic increase in drooling
Thumb sign
epiglottitis
**Pt will also have drastic increase in drooling
How will the x ray appear with a foreign body aspiration?
there will be trapped air/atelectasis DISTAL to the obstruction.
***Using a end-expiration x ray
What position would you place someone in when looking for a pleural effusion?
lateral decubitis position
Chest wall invasion of cancer and the HILA are best seen on what form of imaging?
MRI
Using MRI will help with detecting invasion of cancer into the chest wall….but which for of imaging will help show if the cancer is operable?
CT scan
What are the most common x ray films?
PA and lateral
**We usually will see AP
What is the best x ray film for checking a pnuemo?
end-expiratory film
Pleural effusion is best dx with what tool?
Lateral decubitus
Lateral view of the neck
Helps diagnose epiglottitis and Croup
What does an underexposed film look like?
wont be able to visualize the vertebrae very well, will be very WHITE
Bat wing/ butterfly
Pulmonary edema
