Chest x-ray review: everything else

Changed by Jeremy Jones, 28 Nov 2014

Updates to Article Attributes

Title was changed:
Chest x-ray EExposure (basic)
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This is a basic article for medical students and non-radiologists

Chest x-ray review is a key competency for medical students, junior doctors and other allied health professionals. Using A, B, C, D, E is a helpful and systematic method for chest x-ray review where E refers to "everything else".

Exposure (everything else)

At the end of the review, you need to remember to check for other things that don't fall into the A-D categories. This includes free gas within the abdomen (pneumoperitoneum), abnormalities in the soft tissues of the thorax including absent breast shadows.

Pathology
  • -<p> </p><p> </p><p>At the end of the review, you need to remember to check for other things that don't fall into the A-D categories. This includes free gas within the abdomen (pneumoperitoneum), abnormalities in the soft tissues of the thorax including absent breast shadows.</p><h6>Pathology</h6><ul>
  • -<li>pneumoperitoneum</li>
  • -<li>mastectomy</li>
  • -<li>surgical emphysema</li>
  • -<li>pectus excavatum</li>
  • +<h5>This is a basic article for medical students and non-radiologists</h5><p><strong>Chest x-ray review</strong> is a key competency for medical students, junior doctors and other allied health professionals. Using A, B, C, D, E is a helpful and systematic method for <a href="/articles/chest-x-ray-an-approach-basic">chest x-ray review</a> where E refers to "everything else".</p><ul>
  • +<li>previous: <a href="/articles/chest-x-ray-disability-basic">disability (fractures)</a>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>next: <a href="/articles/chest-x-ray">review areas</a>
  • +</li>
  • +</ul><h4>Exposure (everything else)</h4><p>At the end of the review, you need to remember to check for other things that don't fall into the A-D categories. This includes free gas within the abdomen (pneumoperitoneum), abnormalities in the soft tissues of the thorax including absent breast shadows.</p><h6>Pathology</h6><ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/pneumoperitoneum-basic">pneumoperitoneum</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/mastectomy-basic">mastectomy</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/surgical-emphysema-basic">surgical emphysema</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/pectus-excavatum-basic">pectus excavatum</a></li>

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