Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 11 , Pages 468-472, November 2008

Interpreting the chest radiograph

Ian J Runcie, FRCR, is a Consultant Radiologist at the Princess Royal Hospital and the Nuffield Hospital, Haywards Heath, UK. He qualified from the Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, and trained in radiology at Newcastle upon Tyne. Conflicts of interests: none declared

Abstract 

A methodical system for looking at every chest radiograph is suggested. Readers are encouraged to decide whether an opacity on a chest radiograph is due to pleural, alveolar or interstitial pathology and then to consider the cause. Lung and pleural masses are considered and contrasted and the features of asbestos exposure listed. Special consideration is given to the problems of interpretation of the chest radiograph in the intensive care unit, and the various appearances of lines and tubes are outlined.

Keywords: asbestos, chest radiograph, imaging, lines, mass, pleura

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00200-2

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.08.006

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 11 , Pages 468-472, November 2008

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