ABC of CXR Interpretation
Additional reading from Normal CXRs; Eric Strong Interpretation series; the DRABCDE approach; CXR for the OSCE and of course the Top 150 CXR to try your luck!
A Storm is Brewing
Tim Minchin’s brilliant beat-poem “Storm” strikes a dagger in the heart of pseudo-medical flim-flammery and quackadelic mind muddling. You’ll be glad to hear that there is a new animated version…
Own the Oxygen!
Keeping your patient oxygenated during rapid sequence intubation has never been easier - with Own the Oxygen
If the lights go out…
If the light on the laryngoscope fails, clean contact between blade and handle, check bulb is screwed in place securely. If this fails, use a spoon
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Chest X-ray for the OSCE
OSCE examination: Question: Please describe the main features on this chest x-ray in particular the mediastinum.
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Tyrian rage
Purple Urine: Usually alkaline urine with degradation of indoxyl sulfate (indican), dietary tryptophan metabolite, into indigo (blue) and indirubin (red)
Normal Chest X-Ray
Labelled normal anatomy chest X-ray to assist in interpretation review
DRSABCDE of CXR Interpretation
Chest X-Rays (CXR) are routine investigation in clinical practice and consequently it is important for medical students and clinician’s alike to know how to interpret them. There are many approaches to CXR interpretation, each trying to ensure that key abnormalities are identified and no area is overlooked.