CXR Essentials: Pleural space
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Over the next few weeks, we will be posting videos from the Chest X-Ray Essentials Course. This video helps you search for and identify a pneumothorax on CXR.
Further Reading
- Course: Chest X-Ray Essentials
- The many faces of pneumonia
- The failing heart
- Pleural space – when the pleura is too black
- Types of atelectasis
- Abnormal central venous catheter positioning
- Abnormal ETT positioning
- Abnormal cardiac pacer leads positioning
- Workshop: Chest X-Ray essentials
Cite this article as: Julian Dobranowski, "CXR Essentials: Pleural space," In: LITFL - Life in the FastLane, Accessed on June 3, 2023, https://litfl.com/cxr-essentials-pleural-space/.
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Julian Dobranowski, MD FRCPC FCAR. Chief of Diagnostic Imaging at Niagara Health in Ontario, Canada. Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology, McMaster University. | Medmastery |