muna A Gh Z Initial checks Check the patients name Look up the patients history Read the date of the radiograph Look for markers Position the postro anterior and lateral view ID: 780198
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How to read a CXR …
Dr. muna A Gh. Z
Slide2Slide3Slide4Initial checks
Check the patients name
Look up the patients history
Read the date of the radiograph.
Look for markers
Position the
postro
-anterior and lateral view
Antro
-posterior views taken in certain circumstances .
Check for any instrument insertions
film quality
Is it taken under full inspiration ? U should be able to see 10 posterior ribs and 6 anterior ribs.
Check for rotation
Slide5Check patients name
Slide6Look up the patients hISTORY
Slide7LOOK FOR MARKERS
Slide8Indication of AP view
Severe illness Pediatric s diminish distance of x-ray beam result in more magnification of the heart
Slide9Normal chest pa and Lat. view
Slide10Slide11Slide12Lung zone
Slide13Slide14Slide15Inspiratory vs. expiratory films
Slide16Slide17Slide18Check if there are any instrument
Slide19Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide262. Air space opacification (air space filling )
Replacement of air in the alveoli by fluid or other materials …it has an ill-defined
border
except
when
it comes in contact with a fissure .
Exudate …
consolidation
Transudate ….
pulmonary odema
Air bronchogram…
air filling the normal bronchi , being made visible by the opacification of the near by alveoli.
Pulmonary collapse . (atelectasis)
Nodular ,spherical opacities
Linear opacities.
Wide spread
opacites
Cavitation
Slide27Consolidation( pneumonia)
Replacement of air in one or more acini by fluid or solid material vol. of the lung is normal un like collapse
Slide28Middle lobe consolidation
Slide29Slide30