ABC of Reading Chest Xray

 ABC of Reading Chest X-Ray  F

A B

H

G C D E

A

Airway

B

Bones

C

Cardiac

D

Diaphragm

E

Edges

(borders) of the heart (to rule out lingular and left middle lobe pneumonia or infiltrates)

F

Fields

(lung fields well inflated; no effusions, infiltrates, or nodules noted)

G

Gastric

H

Hilum

I

Instrumentation

(midline, patent)

(eg, fractures, lytic lesions) silhouette size (eg, flat or elevated hemidiaphragm)

bubble (present, obscured, absent)

(nodes, masses) (eg, lines, tubes)

Jeffrey M. Edmondson, MD Harker Heights, Texas Published by: Mohammad Al-Marhoon ([email protected] ([email protected])) WWW.SMSO.NET