Unit 2 - CXR & ABD evaluation

What makes a CXR repeatable?

How will a pneumothorax or a pneumonectomy appear on a radiograph?

what could excessive lung markings on a radiograph indicate?

The air/fluid separation line on a CXR acts similarly to water in a cup, how will it appear on a radiograph?

Where will the tip of an endotracheal (air) tube be positioned in the lungs?

Where will the tip of a pleural drainage (fluid) tube be placed?

How is the diaphragm positioned on a hypersthenic patient?

How is the diaphragm positioned on an asthenic patient?

How will the midcoronal plane be positioned against the IR to prevent rotation and keep the lung fields symmetric on a PA CXR?

How can you determine rotation on a PA CXR?

If a patient is rotated to the right for a PA CXR, how will the SC joints appear on the radiograph?

How can you tell if the patient's shoulders were elevated on a PA CXR?

If the superior portion of a patient's midcoronal plane is tilted forward towards the IR, how will the radiograph appear?

If the superior portion of a patient's midcoronal plane is tilted backward away from the IR, how will the radiograph appear?

Which directions will the lungs expand?

Which direction of lung expansion is the greatest?

Which pathology would require a PA CXR with expiration?

How will the midcoronal plane be positioned with the IR to prevent rotation on a LAT CXR?

What's the best way to determine rotation on a LAT CXR?

How can you tell if the patient was rotated to the LEFT for a LAT CXR?

How can you tell if the patient was rotated to the RIGHT for a LAT CXR?

On a well inspired LAT CXR, where will the hemidiaphragm be seen?

Which way is the patient rotated?

Which way is the superior midcoronal plane tilted?

Which way is the patient rotated?

Inaccurate CR angulation will _____ or _____ the heart and lungs on an AP CXR

If you have to use a 40-48 SID for an AP CXR, how will the image appear?

If your CR is angled too caudal on an AP CXR, how will the image look?

If your CR is angled too cephalic on an AP CXR, how will the image look?

What's wrong with this AP CXR?

If there's fluid in right lung, which decubitus CXR would you perform?

If there's fluid in the left lung, which decubitus CXR would you perform?

If there's air in the right lung, which decubitus CXR would you perform?

If there's air in the left lung, which decubitus CXR would you perform?

How can you determine if the patient was rotated for a decubitus CXR?

Which side of the patient is rotated closer to the IR?

How can you determine if the patient was properly positioned for an AP Lordotic CXR?

What's the positioning error on this AP Lordotic CXR?

How is rotation determined on an ABD xray?

Which way is the pt rotated?

What's wrong with this ABD XR?

Which side should be down on a lateral decubitus ABD and why?

How can you determine rotation on a Decubitus ABD XR?

Which side of the patient is closer to the IR?

What's wrong with this decub ABD XR?