Aquifer Radiology Final exam with perfect answers 2024

spine sign correct answersif vertebrae appear more white on lateral projection, there may be a consolidation/pneumonia in a lower lobe (positive spine sign) vertebrae should appear black (lucent) Silhouette sign for: R heart border L heart border hemidiaphragms lower descending aorta correct answersRML consolidation lingual consolidation (LML) lower lobe consolidation LLL consolidation air bronchograms correct answersrepresent air-filled airways surrounded by lung consolidation; the air can be seen since the air in the alveoli has been replaced with an alveolar filling process not seen in pneumonia ground glass appearance and increased interstitial markings correct answersatypical bacterial and viral organism pneumonia blood vessels that are not obscured by CT mycoplasma pneumonia can produce correct answersKerley B lines (thickening of interlobular septa that will touch the pleura-- blood vessels won't touch the pleura) what do you see on a radiograph of a consolidaiton correct answersblood vessels are obscured by CT and air bronchograms are more common when do you follow up on pneumonia patients correct answersover 40 history of recurrent pneumonia smoker at any time symptoms that won't resolve what can a portable x-ray evaluate correct answersline and tube placement lungs complications of central lines, feeding tubes, chest tubes, IAB pumps and other devices