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Imaging Flashcards

1
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Hyperlucent

A

Appear very dark or black (air trapping)

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2
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Pneumothorax appearence

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Hyperlucent

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3
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Radiopaque/radiodense

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Bones appear White
Air does Not pass through air or bone

Bone, thick fluids, and some aspirated foreign bodies appear _________ on chest x-ray

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4
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Pneumonia appears

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Radiopaque/radiodense

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5
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Epiglottis appearance

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Thumb sign-supraglottic swelling

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6
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hemothorax appears

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Radiopaque/radiodense

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7
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Opacity

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increased density
pus
mucous
thick fluid

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8
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pleural effusion Pneumonia looks like

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Opacity

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9
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Consolidation

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solid white

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10
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Infiltrates

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Any poorly defined opacity

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11
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Atelectasis,
• Pneumonia
• Pulmonary edema

Appear As:

A

Infiltrates

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12
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Air Bronchogram

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Gas filled brohncials.

Patent bronchial tubes surrounded by a consolidation are described as_______________ on a chest x-ray?

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13
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Vascular markings

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Lymph nodes
Blood vessels
Lung tissue

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14
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Vesicular marking’s causes

A

CHF &
Pneumothorax

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15
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Butterfly or batwing fluffy infiltrates

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Pulmonary edema

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16
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Platelike infiltrates

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Atelectasis

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17
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Consolidation Dx

A

pneumonia, pulmonary edema,pleural effusion, and atelectasis can cause air bronchograms

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18
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Flattened diaphragms are associated with what DX?

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COPD

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19
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Inspiratory/expiratory projection

A

help find an inhaled foreign body that is radiolucent (can’t be seen)?

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20
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Congestive heart failure causes vascular markings to

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Increase

21
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pleural effusion will make costophrenic angles appear

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obscured or appear blunted

22
Q

Enlarged heart dx

A

Chronic Hypertension
Coronary artery disease

23
Q

An obscured or blunted costophrenic angle is associated with?

A

Pleural effusion

24
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two causes of cardomegaly

A

Hypertension, and coronary artery disease

25
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Pleural Effusion causes

A

CHF,pneumonia,malignancy, pulmonary embolism

26
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Kerley B lines

A

lymph nodes filled with fluid.

27
Q

ARDS apperance

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ground glass, honeycombing, or reticulogranular appearance.

28
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ground glass, honeycombing, or reticulogranular DX appearance

A

ARDS

29
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Atelectasis appear as

A

plate like infiltrates

30
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Croup appearance

A

Steeple sign subglottic swelling

31
Q

Croup caused by ‘

A

Viral infection

32
Q

Epiglottis caused by

A

Bacterial

33
Q

COPD appears

A

Hyperinflation, flattened diaphragms

34
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Hyperlucent Dx

A

Pneumothorax

35
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Hemothorax is associated with

A

Similar to pleural effusion but associated with trauma to the chest wall

36
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Trauma to the chest wall appears as a

A

Hemothorax

37
Q

Pleural effusion may appear

A

Dependent consolidation, density

38
Q

Chest tube for hemothorax placement

A

5th intercostal space, mid-axillary

39
Q

dislodged tracheostomy tube troubleshoot

A

Remove the tube
manually ventilate with bag and mask if necessary.

40
Q

Chest tube is for what DX

A

pneumothorax & emergency (unstable patient) needle decompression.

41
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What would do if you find Fluid/blood build up

A

Insert Chest tube into 5th intercostal space, to drain

42
Q

Nasogastric tube is placement will appear in..

A

In stomach, 2 to 5 cm below the diaphragm

43
Q

Pacemaker

A

Should appear over right ventricle

44
Q

artery catheter location

A

Located over the right lower lung field

45
Q

Nasogastric tube location

A

2 – 5 cm below the diagram

46
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V/Q Scan is for

A

(lungs that lack perfusion)pulmonary emboli is the most common cause of poor perfusion.

47
Q

PET Scan is to

A

Identifies hyper metabolic/cancer cells

48
Q

Pulmonary angiogram

A

Contrast dye is injected through a catheter to assess the pulmonary vessels.

49
Q

Pulmonary angiogram indication

A

Indicated when pulmonary embolus is suspected, but CT and V/Q scans are inconclusive.

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