front 1 Types of chest images | back 1 Chest X-rays CT ultrasound MRI |
front 2 Chest imaging | back 2 Crucial in practice of pulmonary & critical care |
front 3 2 views of chest xrays | back 3 AP (anteroposterior) PA (posteroanterior) |
front 4 Nuclear medicine | back 4 Radioactive help confirm brain death conform cancer spread PET scan ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) |
front 5 4 types of tissue densities | back 5 air bone fat soft tissues |
front 6 radiolucent | back 6 Appears black |
front 7 radiopaque | back 7 appears whites |
front 8 PACA | back 8 picture archiving & communication system |
front 9 Outpatient chest xray | back 9 unexplained dyspnea severe persistent cough fever and sputum production postivite |
front 10 inpatient chest xray | back 10 Placement of ET tubes Placement of pulmonary artery catheter |
front 11 Reading a chest xray | back 11 identify patient info review the technique and quality of the image systematically review the anatomical structures to assess their normality or abnormality |
front 12 AP xray | back 12 usually done with a portable X-ray sit up as much as possible (supine) |
front 13 Anatomical structures seen on xrays | back 13 Bones soft tissues lungs pleura mediastinum upper abdomen lower back |
front 14 types of CT scans | back 14 HRCT PET scan CT angiography MRI (radio waves) |
front 15 MRI | back 15 helps determine no metal (i.e., plates or screws, vents) |
front 16 ultrasound | back 16 blood fluid portable equipment |
front 17 Pleura | back 17 thin membrane surrounding the lung (parenchyma) 2 thin pleural membranes (outer & inner pleural membrane) |
front 18 Pleural effusion | back 18 no angle (costophrenic angle) lateral decubitus at least 175-200 mL of pleural fluid (loculation) Categorized tansudate or exudate hemothorax (blood in the pleural space) empyema (infection) |
front 19 Lung parenchyma | back 19 air sacs (alveoli) interstitium (lungs) disease involves both components |