"Always remember to tell your patient to breathe again!"
"The supine anteroposterior chest view is the alternative to the PA view and the AP erect view when the patient is generally too unwell to tolerate standing, leaving the bed, or sitting 1. The supine view is of lesser quality than both the AP erect and the PA view for many reasons, yet sometimes it is the only imaging available to the patient."
"The supine anteroposterior chest view is the alternative to the PA view and the AP erect view when the patient is generally too unwell to tolerate standing, leaving the bed, or sitting 1. The supine view is of lesser quality than both the AP erect and the PA view for many reasons, yet sometimes it is the only imaging available to the patient."
"The supine anteroposterior chest view is the alternative to the PA view and the AP erect view when the patient is generally too unwell to tolerate standing, leaving the bed, or sitting 1. The supine view is of lesser quality than both the AP erect and the PA view for many reasons, yet sometimes it is the only imaging available to the patient."
"The supine anteroposterior chest view is the alternative to the PA view and the AP erect view when the patient is generally too unwell to tolerate standing, leaving the bed, or sitting 1. The supine view is of lesser quality than both the AP erect and the PA view for many reasons, yet sometimes it is the only imaging available to the patient."
"It is important to note that the supine projection will produce a magnified mediastinal shadow due to the increased distance of the heart from the image receptor and beam divergence (see figure 1 AP supine and figure 2 PA projection of the same patient)."
"It is important to note that the supine projection will produce a magnified mediastinal shadow due to the increased distance of the heart from the image receptor and beam divergence (see figure 1 AP supine and figure 2 PA projection of the same patient)."
"SID180 cm"
"The supine view, although a supplementary projection for the PA comes with a wide range of technically-challenging factors and is hence inferior."
"The phase of respiration has a profound effect on the appearance of several structures on the chest radiograph. A suboptimal inspiration AP radiograph may mimic pathology. Structures that can appear different on expiration include:"
"centring pointthe level of the 7th thoracic vertebra, approximately 7 cm below the jugular notch of the sternum"
"collimation"
"orientation portrait or landscape"
"detector size35 cm x 43 cm or 43 cm x 35 cm"
"exposure"
"SID180 cm"
"gridyes (this may be departmentally-dependent)"
"orientation portrait or landscape"
"detector size35 cm x 43 cm or 43 cm x 35 cm"
Expected headings
"Indication"
"This projection can be very challenging in emergency situations; clear communication is the key to ensuring your patient gets the best image possible under the situation at hand."
"Side marker placement is imperative; patients can have congenital conditions that mimic a mirrored image 2."
"Remember to explain to your patient what you are about to do; that is ask them to take a breath in and hold it. Many times this gives the patient time to prepare and results in a better breath hold and therefore a higher quality radiograph."