CAMRT Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

CAMRT Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Why include ant ST on lat Cspine - Answer-Pre verterbal fat stripe- widening=#, mass, inflammation Air gap technique - Answer-reduces scatter, increases contrast IP 10-15 cm away from pt mAs increase 10% for every cm gap Not effective with high kV why expiration with pneumo - Answer-reduces lung vol, pneumo occupies larger area- easier to see Spondylolisthesis - Answer-forward displacement of a vertebra commonly occurs after # (pars) Spondylolysis - Answer-occurs when there is a fracture of the pars portion of the vertebra. Situs inverus - Answer-organs on opposite side dyspneic - Answer-SOB hematuria - Answer-blood in urine cystitis - Answer-bladder infection judet - Answer-c: side in contact ant acetabular rim (external obl) o: side raised post ace rim T/z score - Answer-T: bone loss compared to peak (30 yr old)- assess # risk, Osteoporosis Z: compared to pts bmd of same age group + race Normal: -1 Osteo: -2.5 AP knee angle - Answer-18 cm and less: 5 caudad 19-24cm: no angle 25cm +: 5 ceph indication of ant hip dislocation - Answer-ext rotated foot Outlet/ inlet - Answer-oulet: around 25-30 (men) 45 women ceph for rami inlet: 40 caudad for pelvic ring Lat Tspine if pt has big sholders - Answer-angle 10-15 ceph Hypovolemic shock - Answer-fluid loss 15-25% SS: cold and clammy, thirst, cyanosis What to do: elevate legs( trendelenberg), keep warm Ba Enema tips - Answer-insert tube ant + sup hang bag 46cm 18inch 24 hrs prior clear liquid diet Stomach positions - Answer-GI position RAO: Ba in duodenal bulb, pyloric canal (also seen in rt lat) LPO: fundus Lat: ant/post stomach, retrogastric space PA: Ba in body and pylorus/ air in fundus AP: Ba filled fundus and duodenum/jejunum Ba Enema views - Answer-Shisard: PA (30 caud) Rectosigmoid LPO/RAO: hepatic/colic flex, asc colon, sigmoid RPO/LAO: splenic, desc Aliasing/ Moire - Answer-wavy grid artifact common with low freq stationary non moving grid grid strips parallel with scan direction (should be perp) Grid kV - Answer-90kV and less use a 8:1 grid need 15% more dose Varus/ Valgus - Answer-Varus move distal segment medial Valgus move lat OBL wrist demo - Answer-Trapezium, trapezoid, scaphoid base 2-5 SI Pisiform SI triquetral Cardiogenic shock - Answer-with pulm emb, myocardial infarction: Heart not pumping enough blood to organs