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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Change: side. To make matters worse, it is conventional in radiography to use a side marker on the side that is down. For reasons of practicality, radiographers tend to mark the side that is up for decubitus abdominal projections. source unknown This image is a right lateral decubitus (left(right
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Change: Radiographers at my hospital are trained to identify pneumoperitoneum on supine plain films. These types of cases are peer-reviewed at least once a month by the radiographers as a continuing education exercise.. The Erect Abdominal Plain Film The value of the erect abdominal
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Jun 11 2008, 9:13 AM EDT
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Change: gas as expected. This projection should not be dismissed as a poor alternative to the more traditional erect and left lateral decubitus positions. Indeed, the erect
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Jun 11 2008, 9:10 AM EDT
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Change: useutilise a left lateral decubitus abdominal projection rather than a right lateral decubitus abdominal projection. The reason for this is that free gas can be
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Apr 11 2008, 9:46 PM EDT
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Change: patient proceeded to CT where there was a finding of pneumoperitoneum. It was also noted that the patient had multiple dense artifacts in the small
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Apr 11 2008, 9:34 PM EDT
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Change: of radiographic techniques, the radiographer is in a position to play a pivotal role in the Emergency Department in detecting these pathologies. .....back to the Applied Radiography home page
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Change: often often collects anterior to the ventral surface of the liver. Importantly, Importantly, this free gas is not evenly distributed under the dome of the the hemi-diaphragm. This is attributed to the fact that it is restricted by the peritoneal reflection at the bare area of the liver. On
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Mar 29 2008, 8:06 PM EDT
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Change: liver (white arrows) This case illustrates a common finding in subtle pneumoperitoneum - that is, the lateral erect chest position is the most sensitive for detecting small amounts of free intraperitoneal gas. The
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Mar 29 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
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Change: that in these patients thethat free gas often collects anterior to the ventral surface of the liver. Importantly, this free gas is not evenly distributed under the dome of the hemi-diaphragm. This is attributed to the fact that it is restricted by the peritoneal reflection at the bare area
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Mar 28 2008, 11:01 PM EDT
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Change: . 2nd edition, James D. Begg Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, 2006p94) Pneumoperitoneum and pneumothorax pattern recognition skills are amongst the most important skills that a trauma radiographer can acquire. Together with a sound knowledge of radiographic techniques, the radiographer canis in a position to play a
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Mar 28 2008, 10:21 PM EDT
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Change: "Sometimes the amount of free gas is small, and you may have to work to demonstrate it (ie modify the film technique)”. Pneumoperitoneum and pneumothorax
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Mar 28 2008, 10:11 PM EDT
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Change: This case illustrates a common finding in subtle pneumperitoneum-that is, the lateral eect chest psoiiton is the most sensitive for detecting small amounts of fre
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Mar 28 2008, 9:34 PM EDT
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Mar 28 2008, 9:29 PM EDT
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Change: The erect AP/PA chest centred on the diaphragm is widely considered the most sensitive view for detecting pneumperitoneum. My experienec and at leas one research study suggest that it is the lateral chest projection that is the more sensitive. John H. Woodring and Michael J.
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Mar 28 2008, 9:18 PM EDT
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Change: This patient presented to the Emergency Department with acuite absdominal pain. An acute abdominal series was requested and the radiographer has performed an initial supine
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Mar 28 2008, 8:57 PM EDT
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Change: It is good practice to use a left lateral decubitus abdominal projection rather than a right lateral decubitus abdominal projection. The reason for this is
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Change: This patient presented to the Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain. An acute abdominal series was requested. The radiographer considered that there was evidence of pneumoperitoneum on the supine image ad proceeded to perform a horizontal ray lateral decubitus abdominal examination. There is evidence of
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