CXR: Interpretation & Cases

Summary

Join us for an on-demand teaching session relevant to medical professionals that is designed to help improve your confidently recognize commonly seen radiological features in medical imaging and help enable you to safely recognize and understand the clinical implications. This session will cover a wide range of topics from recognizing various intrathoracic lesions and densities on CXR, to interpreting ECG, ABG and Respiratory Alkalosis data, and more. Sign up now and take the opportunity to sharpen your radiological and diagnostic skills.

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Description

Whether you're new to reading chest X-rays or just need a refresher, come to this teaching event for tips & hints plus cases and a quiz to test your knowledge!

The slides cover the key tips we have for encountering an OSCE station on CXR, some interpretation top tips, and clinical cases to round it off.

Unfortunately the quiz we planned was meant to be live, so is not included in the slides but you are very welcome to join our subsequent teachings for it!

Any questions, please let us know at xposureleeds@outlook.com

Learning objectives

Describe the steps required to interpret a chest x-ray in an A&E setting.
Recognise normal-sized heart, lung and diaphragm size on chest radiographs.
State the common radiographic signs of intrathoracic lesions and densities.
Explain the expected blood gasses and ECG findings in a pediatric patient being treated for a presumptive UTI.
Demonstrate the ability to formulate a differential diagnosis based on radiographic and laboratory findings.

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