Chest Trauma
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify a widened mediastinum on a posttrauma chest radiograph and state the differential diagnosis (including aortic/arterial injury, venous injury, and fracture of sternum or thoracic spine). 2. Identify and…
Signs and Patterns of Lung Disease
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Recognize the air bronchogram sign on a chest radiograph and computed tomographic (CT) scan and that the sign indicates a lung parenchymal process, including nonobstructive atelectasis, as distinguished…
Solitary and Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Name the three most common causes of a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN). 2. Name four important considerations in the evaluation of an SPN. 3. Define the terms pulmonary nodule and…
Mediastinal Masses
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. State the anatomic boundaries of the anterior, middle, posterior, and superior mediastinum. 2. Name the four most common causes of an anterior mediastinal mass; localize a mass in the…
Monitoring and Support Devices: “Tubes and Lines”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Describe and identify on chest radiography the normal appearance and complications associated with each of the following: • Endotracheal tube • Central venous catheter • Peripherally inserted central venous catheter • Pulmonary…
Congenital and Acquired Cardiac Disease
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify and describe the findings of the following on a chest radiograph or computed tomography (CT): • Atrial septal defect • Ventricular septal defect • Patent ductus arteriosus 2. Identify and describe…
Pulmonary Vasculature Disease
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Recognize central, segmental, and subsegmental pulmonary emboli on chest-computed tomography (CT). 2. Define the role of ventilation–perfusion scintigraphy, CT pulmonary angiography, chest magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance angiography, CT venography,…
Alveolar Lung Disease
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. List four broad categories of acute alveolar lung disease (ALD). 2. List five broad categories of chronic ALD. 3. Name three pulmonary–renal syndromes. 4. List five common causes of acute respiratory…
Atelectasis
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