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CHEST X-RAY VIEWS - PH
Posted: Feb 11, 2013
Is it PA, lateral, and upright views of the chest
or
PA lateral and upright views of the chest?
Where do the commas actually go?
three views: PA, lateral, and upright - nm
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Chest x-ray views....sm - MT
[ In Reply To ..]PA means an x-ray from posterior to anterior (back to front). AP would be anterior to posterior or front to back. Lateral is from the side. Upright is standing. So...3 views. PA, lateral and upright. :)
actually, its 2 views, a pa upright and a lateral upright, - pa/lateral are views, uprightis position. NM
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easy to remember - see inside
[ In Reply To ..]PA is shooting the ray through a person from back to front.
AP is shooting the ray through a person from front to back.
Lateral is through the side.
Upright is not laying down.
First 3 separate entities, but all are done with patient upright or supine.
chest report help..see inside - 30 years of rad
[ In Reply To ..]The typical two view chest report would begin as: PA and lateral upright views of the chest show .......
CHEST VIEWS - PH
[ In Reply To ..]I just get confused when at the beginning he dictates "Chest, two views" and then dictates "AP lateral and upright views of the chest"
so is it two views (AP lateral and upright)
or is it three views (AP, lateral, and upright)
That is confusing...sm - MT
[ In Reply To ..]Maybe what the doc is actually saying is "AP, lateral in upright views...instead of and upright views. Doctors aren't always careful about what and how they dictate
it would have helped if you told us that at the beginning - nm
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chest report help... see inside - 30 years of rad
[ In Reply To ..]To the original poster. It appears that you have changed one of the views to AP.
It would be very unlikely that an AP upright view of the chest with a lateral would ever be ordered together(anterior-posterior/back to front and then a side view). Usually when an AP view of the chest is ordered it is in the ER or in ICU when the patient is lying down on his/her back and unable to stand for a standard two view chest or a single upright PA view of the chest. If this is a standard two view x-ray of the chest my original answer is correct.
Examples of typical chest x-ray orders:
1. PA and lateral upright views of the chest.
2. AP portable view of the chest.
3. Single PA upright view of the chest.
4. PA and lateral upright views of the chest to include right/left lateral decubitus views.
5. Many radiologists do not even dictate upright in the above examples as upright is assumed.
Hope this helps.
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