ABC of Reading Chest X-Ray F
A B
H
G C D E
A Airway (midline, patent) B Bones (eg, fractures, lytic lesions) C Cardiac silhouette size D Diaphragm (eg, flat or elevated hemidiaphragm) E
Edges (borders) of the heart (to rule out lingular and left middle lobe pneumonia or infiltrates)
F
Fields (lung fields well inflated; no effusions, infiltrates, or nodules noted)
G Gastric bubble (present, obscured, absent) H Hilum (nodes, masses) I
Instrumentation (eg, lines, tubes)
Jeffrey M. Edmondson, MD Harker Heights, Texas Published by: Mohammad Al-Marhoon (
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