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instructions for AP
Apr 28 2009, 2:11 PM EDT | Post edited: Apr 28 2009, 2:11 PM EDT
should we always do the deep inspiration for AP view??
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1. RE: instructions for AP
May 1 2009, 7:15 PM EDT | Post edited: May 1 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
Almost, but when we have a patient with pneumotorax we take two ap vision, first with deep inspiration and then a second plate with exhalation, because the pneumotorax is more clearly seen 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

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2. RE: instructions for AP
May 6 2009, 5:22 AM EDT | Post edited: May 6 2009, 5:22 AM EDT
I hope that you are only doing AP chest positioning for patients that are unable to self support, rather than as a standard view? This surely has to be a last resort when in the department and the mainstay of any mobile chest radiograph? 0  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?