Radiology Key

    Discussion   As you looked at this film, you noticed, of course, the endotracheal tube malpositioned in the left mainstem bronchus. You also noticed the lack of definition…

    ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE   Many patients are treated for respiratory failure and thus a patent airway and adequate oxygenation are critical components of their care. There are many problems…

    Discussion   The portable film reveals almost total opacification of the left lung, with loss of the left hemidiaphragm and the left cardiac border. Only a small bit…

    The common pathogens in nosocomial pneumonia are aerobic gram negative organisms and Staphylococcus aureus.82 Gram negative pneumonias have become much more frequent over the past two decades due…

    Discussion   The portable film reveals infiltrates bilaterally. Note the basilar position of the infiltrates, quite characteristic of a patient who has been intubated for a long period…

    Discussion   The film now reveals persistent left lower lobe and left upper lobe pneumonia. Note the obliteration of most of the left cardiac border, secondary to the…

    Discussion   Portable film reveals the heart to be at the upper limits of normal. Note the classic appearance of pulmonary edema with bilateral perihilar fluid, loss of…

    Discussion   This patient’s film reveals an extensive confluent infiltrate in the right lower lung field. One could assume that this represents an extensive pneumonia. There are however,…

    Cardiac catheterization can also be a relatively common cause of pneumothorax; its incidence after subclavian vein puncture is between 0.3% and 3%, but it almost never occurs after…

    Milne and colleagues110 demonstrated that one can obtain a large amount of useful hemodynamic information from consideration of the vascular pedicle width (VPW).   VPW is often important…