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===Workup=== | |||
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*[[CXR]] | *[[CXR]] | ||
**Displaced visceral pleural line | **Displaced visceral pleural line without lung markings between pleural line and chest wall | ||
** | **Upright is best (especially expiratory film) | ||
**Supine CXR | **Supine CXR = deep sulcus sign | ||
*CT Chest | *CT Chest | ||
**Very sensitive and specific | **Very sensitive and specific | ||
*[[Ultrasound: Lungs]] | *[[Ultrasound: Lungs|Ultrasound]] | ||
**NO comet tail artifact | **NO comet tail artifact | ||
**No sliding lung sign | **No sliding lung sign | ||
**Bar Code | **Bar Code appearance on M-mode (absence of "seashore" waves) | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 13 May 2015
Workup
- CXR
- Displaced visceral pleural line without lung markings between pleural line and chest wall
- Upright is best (especially expiratory film)
- Supine CXR = deep sulcus sign
- CT Chest
- Very sensitive and specific
- Ultrasound
- NO comet tail artifact
- No sliding lung sign
- Bar Code appearance on M-mode (absence of "seashore" waves)