W. CXR Flashcards
1
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Describe Alveolar densities
A
Confluent, coalescent, hazy, fluffy, ill-defined
Can be subsegmental, segmental, lobar, or diffuse
2
Q
Alveolar Densities diseases
A
Pneumonia CHF / PEdema Atelectasis Neoplasia Uremia ADRS
3
Q
Aspiration Pneumonia
A
An infectious process secondary to aspiration of the oropharyngeal or gastric contents
4
Q
Aspiration pneumonitis
A
Inflammatory change secondary to the aspiration of chemicals, usually from the stomach
5
Q
Describe interstitial densities
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Reticular (strandy, linear), nodular, or reticulonodular, fine or course, honeycomb
6
Q
Interstitial Densities
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Emphysema Bronchiectasis Asthma Kerley's Lines in CHF/Pul Edema Pneumonconiosis - silicosis/ asbestosis Cystic Fibrosis Interstitial Fibrosis
7
Q
Hamman’s Sign
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Free air in mediastinum (asthma)
8
Q
Obstructive Lung Disease characterized by:
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- Obstruction of bronchial airway flow
- Increase in airway resistance
- increase in Residual volume
9
Q
Restrictive Lung Disease characterized by:
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- reduced lung volume
- loss of lung and airway compliance
- restriction on expansion (stiffness)
- reduced TLC
- reduced VC
- reduced resting lung volume
10
Q
Westermark’s Sign
A
Seen in PE
Don’t see BV into an area
11
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Hamptom’s Hump
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Seen in PE
Lung infarction (collapse)
