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Chest Radiograph

  • How can the right ribs be differentiated from the left ribs on a left lateral CXR?
  • How does this pattern change for evaluation of films from a patient in the ICU?
  • How should a CXR be read?
  • List five disadvantages of portable CXRs.
  • List four potential blind spots on the frontal CXR.
  • List three potential blind spots on the lateral CXR.
  • What are the critical problems to look for in an acutely ill patient?
  • What defines a technically adequate CXR on a PA view?
  • What defines a technically adequate CXR on a lateral view?
  • When are oblique views of the chest helpful?
  • Why does it matter whether the patient is upright or supine when the CXR is taken?
  • Why is a frontal CXR routinely taken with the x-ray beam traversing from posterior to anterior?

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