CXR Case 011
27 year old male drowned in sea water; intubated at the scene; and transferred to emergency.
Describe and interpret this CXR
CHEST X-RAY INTERPRETATION
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
There is bilateral airspace opacification throughout both lungs, sparing the apices.
*ETT, IJ line and NGT in situ *
CLINICAL PEARLS
Other causes of ARDS include: septicaemia, viral pneumonia, burns, trauma, hypovolaemic shock, fat embolism, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, pancreatitis, oxygen toxicity
Prof Fraser Brims Curtin Medical School, acute and respiratory medicine specialist, immediate care in sport doc, ex-Royal Navy, academic| Top 100 CXR | Google Scholar | ICIS Course ANZ