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1. Prevent engorgement of the pulmonary vessels
2. Allows gravity to depress the diaphragm
3. Demonstrate air/fluid levels |
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| [image] How should the cassette be placed into the IR on a PA? |
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| Cassette should be placed lengthwise unless patient is hyperstenic |
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| SC (sternoclavicular) joints is not equidistant to spine. |
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| [image] Is this patient rotated? |
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| No. Ribs are primarily superimposed. |
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| [image] Is this patient rotated? |
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| [image] Name this position. |
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| Left Lateral Decubitus (LLD) |
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| Right Lateral Decubitus (RLD) |
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| Left Anterior Oblique (LAO) |
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| Right Anterior Oblique (RAO) |
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| [image] Where does the CR enter on a lateral? |
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| [image] Where do you want to position the IR during the lordotic position? |
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| [image] What angle do you want to put the patient/tube on the lordotic position? |
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| [image] Name this projection. |
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| What angle do you position a patient at for a cardiac series? |
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| What is the percentage of the population with a hypersthenic body habitus? |
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| What is the percentage of the population with a asthenic body habitus? |
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| What is the percentage of the population with a sthenic body habitus? |
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| What is the percentage of the population with a hyposthenic body habitus? |
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| Name several specific criteria for evaluating a PA chest X-ray: |
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1. Lungs - costaphrenic angles / apices
2. Vascular markings
3. SC joints equidistant to spine
4. 10 posterior ribs
5. MSP
6. Marker
7. Shoulders rolled forward
8. Collimated |
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| Why should a routine CXR be done on full inspiration? |
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1. Diaphragm moves inferiorly
2. Costal muscles expands thorax
3. More air with less strain on 2nd inspiration |
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