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File:PMC2892654 CRM2010-213818.004.png|Left sided [[tension pneumothorax]] with mediastinal shift | File:PMC2892654 CRM2010-213818.004.png|Left sided [[tension pneumothorax]] with mediastinal shift | ||
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Revision as of 19:33, 16 December 2020
ABC Method
- Airways - ex. FB, trachea deviation
- Bones and soft tissue - ex. Rib fractures, clavicle fracture
- Cardiac - ex. Cardiomegaly
- Diaphragm - ex. Free air
- Effusions - ex. Pleural effusion
- Fields and Fissures - ex. Congestion, consolidations
- Great vessels - ex. Apical cap
- Hila and mediastinum - Widened mediastinum
- Impression
DRSABCDE Method
- Details
- Info of patient
- PA/AP, Lateral
- RIPE - Image quality
- Rotation
- Inspiration
- Picture
- Exposure
- Soft tissues and bones
- Airway & mediastinum
- Breathing
- Lung fields
- Circulation
- Heart position and size
- Diaphragm
- Extras
- Lines, tubes, catheters
Examples
Pneumoperitoneum
Prominent wedge-shape area of airspace consolidation in the right lung, characteristic of bacterial pneumonia
Esophageal foreign body (penny in 12 mo male)
Right sided pneumothorax
Pulmonary edema with small pleural effusions on both sides.
Left sided tension pneumothorax with mediastinal shift
