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extra pulmonary air indicates:
✓ -pneumothorax
✓ -pneumoperitoneum
✓ -pneumomediastinum
✓ -pneumopericardium
✓ -sub cu. emphysema
Epiglottitis:
✓ -above glottis
✓ -confirm with lat. neck cxr; supraglottic narrowing with enlarged
flattened epiglottis
✓ -thumb sign
✓
✓ Tx: intubate
Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
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✓ infection of upper airway characterized by a barky cough seen in
children
✓ CXR: tracheal narrowing with subglottic swelling (steeple sign, picket
fence, pencil point, hour glass)
✓
✓ Treatment: racemic epi and O2
ETT Placement:
✓ 2-6 cm above carina-- level of aortic arch
✓ To confirm- first listen to breath sounds, then CXR
AP radiograph:
✓ front to back
PA radiograph
✓ back to front
Lateral radiograph
✓ sides
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Oblique CXR
✓ standing/diagonal- lesions
Lateral decubitus
✓ lying on AFFECTED side-- pleural effusions
Apical lordotic
✓ tops of lungs used to confirm TB
End exp. image
✓ detect small pnuemos
Confirming quality of CXR image
✓ - clavicles are level
✓ - penetration- vertabrae visible just behind heart
✓ -mediastinum- area between lungs, heart, blood vessels and bronchi
are found
✓ -vascular markings
Enlarged Heart in CXR
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✓ cardiomegaly--- CHF- pericardial effusion
Normal CXR
✓ -hemidiaphragms
✓ -R diaphragm elevated (liver underneath)
✓ -L diaphragm at level of 6 anterior rib
✓ -trachea midline
✓ -bilateral radiolucent appearance
✓ -sharp costophrenic angles
✓ - heart not consuming 50% of picture
Blood Pressure
✓ 120/80
✓ 90-140 systolic acceptable
✓ 60-90 diastolic acceptable
✓
✓ hypertension- O2
✓ hypotension- fluids, hypovolemia, chf
Heart sounds:
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