
Lightning rounds #17: Reading chest x-rays
Critical Care Scenarios
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Do I Really Need a Chestex Xray in the Morning?
The first thing is to have a good idea of what it is you're looking for, not just getting it because it's a new day in the i c ou right? Yes, it is one of those things that's often done routinely, and therefore there's probably room to not do it. I think i'm mostly looking for, you know, why can't this person breathe as well as they should be able to? Yes? So were were looking at the longfields to say, is therer pneumonia or something? And id like to say, i a pulmonary dema, i think, is a common one, because it's so common for us to manipulate people
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