Imaging

Question 1

Hyperlucent

Answer 1

Appear very dark or black (air trapping)

Question 2

Pneumothorax appearence

Answer 2

Hyperlucent

Question 3

Radiopaque/radiodense

Answer 3

Bones appear White
Air does Not pass through air or bone

Bone, thick fluids, and some aspirated foreign bodies appear _________ on chest x-ray

Question 4

Pneumonia appears

Answer 4

Radiopaque/radiodense

Question 5

Epiglottis appearance

Answer 5

Thumb sign-supraglottic swelling

Question 6

hemothorax appears

Answer 6

Radiopaque/radiodense

Question 7

Opacity

Answer 7

increased density
pus
mucous
thick fluid

Question 8

pleural effusion Pneumonia looks like

Answer 8

Opacity

Question 9

Consolidation

Answer 9

solid white

Question 10

Infiltrates

Answer 10

Any poorly defined opacity

Question 11

Atelectasis,
• Pneumonia
• Pulmonary edema

Appear As:

Answer 11

Infiltrates

Question 12

Air Bronchogram

Answer 12

Gas filled brohncials.

Patent bronchial tubes surrounded by a consolidation are described as_______________ on a chest x-ray?

Question 13

Vascular markings

Answer 13

Lymph nodes
Blood vessels
Lung tissue

Question 14

Vesicular marking’s causes

Answer 14

CHF &
Pneumothorax

Question 15

Butterfly or batwing fluffy infiltrates

Answer 15

Pulmonary edema

Question 16

Platelike infiltrates

Answer 16

Atelectasis

Question 17

Consolidation Dx

Answer 17

pneumonia, pulmonary edema,pleural effusion, and atelectasis can cause air bronchograms

Question 18

Flattened diaphragms are associated with what DX?

Answer 18

COPD

Question 19

Inspiratory/expiratory projection

Answer 19

help find an inhaled foreign body that is radiolucent (can’t be seen)?

Question 20

Congestive heart failure causes vascular markings to

Answer 20

Increase

Question 21

pleural effusion will make costophrenic angles appear

Answer 21

obscured or appear blunted

Question 22

Enlarged heart dx

Answer 22

Chronic Hypertension
Coronary artery disease

Question 23

An obscured or blunted costophrenic angle is associated with?

Answer 23

Pleural effusion

Question 24

two causes of cardomegaly

Answer 24

Hypertension, and coronary artery disease

Question 25

Pleural Effusion causes

Answer 25

CHF,pneumonia,malignancy, pulmonary embolism

Question 26

Kerley B lines

Answer 26

lymph nodes filled with fluid.

Question 27

ARDS apperance

Answer 27

ground glass, honeycombing, or reticulogranular appearance.

Question 28

ground glass, honeycombing, or reticulogranular DX appearance

Answer 28

ARDS

Question 29

Atelectasis appear as

Answer 29

plate like infiltrates

Question 30

Croup appearance

Answer 30

Steeple sign subglottic swelling

Question 31

Croup caused by '

Answer 31

Viral infection

Question 32

Epiglottis caused by

Answer 32

Bacterial

Question 33

COPD appears

Answer 33

Hyperinflation, flattened diaphragms

Question 34

Hyperlucent Dx

Answer 34

Pneumothorax

Question 35

Hemothorax is associated with

Answer 35

Similar to pleural effusion but associated with trauma to the chest wall

Question 36

Trauma to the chest wall appears as a

Answer 36

Hemothorax

Question 37

Pleural effusion may appear

Answer 37

Dependent consolidation, density

Question 38

Chest tube for hemothorax placement

Answer 38

5th intercostal space, mid-axillary

Question 39

dislodged tracheostomy tube troubleshoot

Answer 39

Remove the tube manually ventilate with bag and mask if necessary.

Question 40

Chest tube is for what DX

Answer 40

pneumothorax & emergency (unstable patient) needle decompression.

Question 41

What would do if you find Fluid/blood build up

Answer 41

Insert Chest tube into 5th intercostal space, to drain

Question 42

Nasogastric tube is placement will appear in..

Answer 42

In stomach, 2 to 5 cm below the diaphragm

Question 43

Pacemaker

Answer 43

Should appear over right ventricle

Question 44

artery catheter location

Answer 44

Located over the right lower lung field

Question 45

Nasogastric tube location

Answer 45

2 – 5 cm below the diagram

Question 46

V/Q Scan is for

Answer 46

(lungs that lack perfusion)pulmonary emboli is the most common cause of poor perfusion.

Question 47

PET Scan is to

Answer 47

Identifies hyper metabolic/cancer cells

Question 48

Pulmonary angiogram

Answer 48

Contrast dye is injected through a catheter to assess the pulmonary vessels.

Question 49

Pulmonary angiogram indication

Answer 49

Indicated when pulmonary embolus is suspected, but CT and V/Q scans are inconclusive.