I.C.U. Chest Radiology: Principles and Case Studies

Foreword vii

Preface xi

Section I: Principles 1

1 Introduction 3

2 Portable Chest Technique in The ICU 5

3 Approach to Reading a Portable Chest Radiograph 15

4 Tubes, Lines, and Catheters 20

5 Barotrauma 46

6 Pneumonia and Other Air Space Diseases 57

7 Pulmonary Edema 69

8 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 80

9 Pulmonary Embolis 86

10 Atelectasis and Collapse 90

Bibliography 97

Section II: Case Studies* 107

Tubes, Lines, and Catheters 109

Barotrauma 126

Pneumonia 134

Nodular Pneumonia 143

Pulmonary Edema 145

Ards 152

Pulmonary Embolus 159

Atelectasis and Collapse 161

Index 171