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Indications for a chest xray  Evaluate symptoms Evaluate physical signs Placement of LDA's Screening for pneumothorax Checking for lead fx on pacemaker What does darkness on a xray represent  Increased areas of radiation where photons can pass through more easily. Radioopaque  lig...

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AHN 568 Additional cards Questions and
Answers 2024/2025
Indications for a chest xray

 Evaluate symptoms
Evaluate physical signs

Placement of LDA's

Screening for pneumothorax

Checking for lead fx on pacemaker




What does darkness on a xray represent

 Increased areas of radiation where photons can pass through more easily.


Radioopaque

 light or white- radiopaque structures are dense and resist the passage of x ray
beams


Radiotranslucent


 x-rays can go through


How to determine length of exposure on xray

 darkness of film. The darker the film the longer the exposure


ABCDEF of systematic xray interpretation




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 Airway, bone, cardiac silhouette, Diaphragm and gastric bubble, Effusions, Fields
....LDA's


Main airway structures to ID

 R and L mainstem, carina, trachea


Normal diaphragm finding

 Rt to be higher than L due to presence of liver


costophrenic angle

 extreme outermost lower corner of each lung where diaphragm meets the ribs


What is air under the L hemidiaphragm usually representative of


 Stomach or intestine air bubble


proper term for cxr

 films, images, radiographs


Lordotic view

 great view of upper lobes, used to r/o cancer or TB. Taken around shoulder area.


How to really start with viewing a CXR


 ensure proper positioning and pt then do a casual glance looking at all 4 corners


Cardiac sillhouette




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first ribs chest





Hilar shadows




cardiophrenic angle




aortic arch xray





How are ribs shaped in PA view

 :(


Lower lung lobes from posterior




How many ribs

 12 pairs


Subglottic airway narrowing

 Steeple sign


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Trachea deviation towards

 atalectisis, fibrosis, lobectomy


trachea deviation away

 pneumothorax, plural effusion, large masses


What can extreme L atrial enlargement do


 Cause tracheal deviation


Mediastinal masses can do what

 Increase carinal angle which is normally <90


rib fx on xray




scoliosis on xray




kyphosis on xray





COPD on xray

 low flat diaphragm


Sclerosis


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