Clinical Lab Medicine Exam #3 Questions And Answers
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FOCM
What is the preferred study for visualizing lung tissue - ANS CT scans
How wide is the area for a patient to fit in on most CT scan machines - ANS 70 cm
Consolidation - ANS water, pus, blood, cells in the lung parenchyma
Effusion - ANS fluid in the pleural s...
Clinical Lab Medicine Exam #3
Questions And Answers
What is the preferred study for visualizing lung tissue - ANS CT scans
How wide is the area for a patient to fit in on most CT scan machines - ANS 70 cm
Consolidation - ANS water, pus, blood, cells in the lung parenchyma
Effusion - ANS fluid in the pleural space
Interstitial - ANS reticular pattern is thickening of the interstitial fiber network by fluid,
fibrous tissue, or infiltration
atelectasis - ANS collapse of parts of the lung
Cephalization - ANS increased vascular marking upward toward the head (normal vascular
marking are less in apex and greater centrally to base)
What are the types of x-ray views - ANS Posterior Anterior (PA)/Lateral (Lat)
Anterior Posterior (AP)
Lateral decubitus
What is the most common x-ray view - ANS posterior-anterior (PA)
When do you order a lateral decubitus x-ray - ANS When trying to evaluate if the fluid in
the patient's lungs is loculated
If you can see the interstitium on an x-ray, what should you be thinking - ANS inflammation
What ventricle can you not see on a PA x-ray - ANS right ventricle
How can you tell if a patient is rotated on an x-ray - ANS the distance of the edge of the
clavicle to the spinous process should be equal
, How can you check for proper inspiration on a chest x-ray - ANS count the ribs to ensure
good inspiration. Should be a minimum of 8 posterior ribs seen
If <8 ribs are seen on chest x-ray, there is.... - ANS hypoinflation
If >10 ribs are seen on chest x-ray, there is... - ANS hyperinflation
If there is no seen clearing as you move from the top of a lateral x-ray to the bottom of the x-ray,
what should you be thinking - ANS consolidation
What should be the size of the mediastinum on a chest x-ray - ANS <8 cm
A widened mediastinum on chest radiography should lead you to think of .... - ANS aortic
aneurysm or dissecting aortic aneurysm if it presents w/ chest pain
What is the normal measurement for a right paratracheal stripe - ANS <4 mm
Excessive white seen on lateral x-ray should lead you to think of the 4 Ts. What are the 4 Ts? -
ANS Thymoma
Thyroid
Terrible Lymphoma
Teratoma
What is the normal cardiac size on chest x-ray - ANS heart should be <1/2 total thoracic
diameter at widest point
If the heart size is >1/2 of the total thoracic diameter, then the patient has... - ANS
cardiomegaly
The water-bottle heart is seen in what condition - ANS congestive heart failure
Dectrocardia - ANS a condition in which the heart is going the wrong way
A flat diaphragm on chest x-ray is indicative of what disease - ANS emphysema
Pleural effusion - ANS abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space
Normal pulmonary vasculature should be largest at the ... and taper at the ... - ANS hila
periphery
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