Chest x-ray

Name DOB
Date
Previous x-rays
Projection (PA)
Position (erect)

Rotation (check clavicles)
Inspiration (7 ribs)
Brightness (exposure)

Bones
- clavicles
- vertebra
- ribs

Trachea

Borders
- costal
- phrenic (r higher than left)
- mediastinal (size, moguls)

Corners
- costo-phrenic
- cardio-phrenic

Hilum
- left higher than right
- equal size
- lymphatics
- vessels
- bat wings

Lungs

Shadowing
- nodules
- reticular
- alveolar

Septal lines
Kerley B lines
Triangle infarct (PE)
Ring shadows (cavitation)
Plaques
White out
Air outside the lungs