Chest & Abdomen positioning
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| For a Lateral Chest, where is the Central Ray? | show 🗑
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| What are the structures shown for Lateral Chest? | show 🗑
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| Why is it important for the pt to have the hands pronated and on hips, and to roll the shoulders forward, when preforming a PA Chest? | show 🗑
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| What are the breathing instructions when doing a CXR? (Chest X-Ray) | show 🗑
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| Why are all Chest X-Rays preformed at 72"? | show 🗑
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| show | AP Abdomen, AP Upright Abdomen, Chest X-Ray
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| show | When the Patient is too ill to be moved PA.
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| show | Side of Interest is farther from the IR
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| What are the Structures shown in an AP Axial (Lordotic position)(Lindblom method) Chest? | show 🗑
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| Which Abdominal Projection will BEST Demonstrate an Aortic Aneurysm? | show 🗑
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| show | In an AP, the heart is magnified, and the clavicles look more horizontal.
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| What are the Structures Shown in an AP (supine) Abdomen (K.U.B.)? | show 🗑
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| show | To avoid compression of organs by the diaphragm; when you exhale, the diaphragm rises, so its not sitting on the organs.
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| show | Remove everything from the waist up, including bra, any jewelry, and dangling earrings; put on gown, and tie in the back.
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| How do you position pt for PA Oblique, RAO? | show 🗑
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| show | Same as RAO, EXCEPT done with left side/ vice versa: (pt is rotated 45º, left side touches IR; Left hand goes on Hip, Right is up.)
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| show | when you are preforming a LAO for a Cardiac Studies
(Examination of heart and great vessels).
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| show | CR is perpendicular to center of IR, at level of T-7. And the CR comes over the Elevated Side.
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| show | Both lungs visualized in both views, but:
RAO= Left Lung maximized, right lung foreshortened.
LAO= Right Lung maximized, left lung foreshortened. (and spine is"in" left lung).
Also see Heart and Mediastinal structures w/in lung field.
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| When doing an AP Oblique (RPO, LPO), where is the Side of Interest in relation to the IR? | show 🗑
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| show | Rotate pt 45º toward the correct side; Center IR ~2" above vertebral prominens; The arm closest to IR is raised, the other arm/hand is on hip;
Sheild and Suspend breathing after 2nd deep breath in.
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| show | CR is perpendicular to center of IR at the level of T-7/ 3" below jugular notch; CR comes down over elevated side.
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| What are the structures shown for an AP Oblique, (RPO, LPO) Projection? | show 🗑
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| Why is Barium sometimes used in Chest Radiography? | show 🗑
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| show | Left lung
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| How many lobes does each lung have? | show 🗑
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| What are the 4 most common types of Body Habitus | show 🗑
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| show | AP Oblique, LPO
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| Which PA oblique projection produces an image similar to that produced by the AP oblique projection, RPO position? | show 🗑
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