ABC of Reading Chest X Ray

ABC of Reading Chest X-Ray



H
F
A
B
G
C
D
E





A Airway (midline, patent)

B Bones (eg, fractures, lytic lesions)

C Cardiac silhouette size

D Diaphragm (eg, flat or elevated hemidiaphragm)

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 bubble (present, obscured, absent)

H
Hilum (nodes, masses)

I Instrumentation (eg, lines, tubes)







Jeffrey M. Edmondson, MD
Harker Heights, Texas

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