Radiology Flashcards
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CXR: inpt vs output
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Inpt: most portable machine—>Antero-posterior (AP)
Outpt: most PA
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Radiolucent vs radiopaque
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Radiolucent: allow passage of radiation—>dark
Radiopaque: aka radiodense, white
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ABCDE
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A: airway
B: breathing--->lung parenchyma
Bony
C: circulatory system
D: diaphragm
E: everything else: lines, tube
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white lung
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- pneumonia
- effusion (e.g. hemothorax, malignant, parapneumonic)
- post pneumonectomy
- malignancy
- empyema
- atelectasis
