Pneumothorax on Wikiradiography
http://www.wikiradiography.com/page/Pneumothoraces
- introduction
- causes of pneumothorax
- pneumothorax
- chest x-ray
- inspiration vs expiration films
- erect vs supine films
- signs of supine pneumothorax
- positioning of a chest tube
- “If the drain is intended to drain pleural fluid, the drain holes should be positioned posteriorly within the pleural space. If the intercostal darin is inserted to re-expand a lung in a patient with pneumothorax, the drain should be anterior”
- chest tube x-ray
- lateral chest x-ray
- loculated pneumothorax
- CT scan of loculated pneumothorax
- false pneumothorax from skin folds
- pneumothorax vs bullae
- iatrogenic pneumothorax
- apical lordotic view
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