Name those views
This type of view is typically used with ICU patients.
What is the AP view?
The loss of this angle may indicate pleural effusion.
What is the Costophrenic angle?
The thumb sign on an x-ray is usually seen on a lateral soft-tissue radiograph of the neck, and it suggests a diagnosis of acute infectious...
What is epiglottitis?
A term that refers to the alveolar airspaces being filled with fluid, cells, tissue, or other material.
What is a consolidation?
Inflammation of the lungs which results in accumulation of fluid.
What is pneumonia?
This view is helpful in viewing the lung apices.
What is apical lordotic?
Where is bifurcation of the trachea?
What is T4 or T5?
A condition that causes a steeple sign on x-ray, which refers to the tapering of the upper trachea on a frontal chest radiograph?
What is Croup?
This term describes images appearing as black on a CXR.
What is radiolucent?
A contagious airborne disease that produces opaque spots throughout the lungs, especially in the apical region.
What is tuberculosis?
This view is the best general radiographic technique to examine the lungs but the patient must be able to stand erect.
What is the PA view?
The number of ribs that should be seen in a normal chest x-ray.
What is 8 to 10?
A CXR showing a ground glass appearance would indicate this type of lung condition.
What is ARDS/IRDS/Interstitial lung disease?
The term for areas that are whiter on the radiographic image due to absorption of the x-rays, such as metal or bone.
What is radiopaque?
Blood in the pleural cavity.
What is hemothorax?
This view is a specialized view that is used to evaluate the presence of free air or fluid.
What is a lateral decubitus view?
Aspirated foreign objects are more likely to lodge in this structure.
What is the Right Primary Bronchus?
A condition that causes areas of consolidation, Bat wing opacities, cardiomegaly, septal lines, or Kerley lines.
What is Pulmonary Edema?
Markings on the x-ray due to inflammation, swelling, or scarring of the interstitium that makes the tissue denser so that it is now visible as white lines.
What are interstitial markings?
Condition of collapsed lung or portion of it that causes dense areas within the lung and sometimes a shift of the trachea and heart.
What is atelectasis?
This view is used to help detect small pneumothoraces and to assess for inhaled foreign bodies or gas trapping in COPD.
What is an expiratory chest radiograph?
The respiratory therapist is comparing two chest X-rays on a patient. The PA chest x-ray was taken the previous day, and the AP x-ray was taken one hour previously. The therapist notes that the cardiac silhouette is smaller on the PA film. What is the best explanation for this difference?
What is the heart is closer to the film in the PA view? (The heart will appear larger in the AP view. The heart size should be assessed on every chest X-ray.)
This radiologic finding determines if consolidation is in the lung/alveoli and not the pleural space
What is an air bronchogram?
This determines whether a pulmonary infiltrate is in contact with the heart or diaphragm.
What is the silhouette sign?
A condition where the lung is completely compressed. The trachea is shifted away from the affected side and the hemidiaphragm is depressed. The heart may also be shifted as well as the mediastinum.
What is a tension pneumothorax?