Chest XRAys

dtb_1986 · Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Maryland

I am real nervous to comp out on my chest xray. I still get rotation on my lateral views and the techs i work wit say its okay but i want to be right on the money and have no rotation can anyone give me tips on how to not have roation on my laterals views.

papa · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:41 am Post subject:

line up the shoulders with the hips. if your shoulders are straight on, and they line up with the hips, that should eliminate the rotation.

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Sidney · Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 55

Remember though...it won't be possible to get every patient lateral every time. Everyone is built differently, so some people just won't line up perfectly.

I had a patient once for a CXR and saw my lateral view before the PA. She was rotated like you would not believe and there was no way I over rotated her THAT much. When I saw her PA view, she had severe scolosis, so it would have been impossible to get perfectly lateral.

exnoctem · Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Connecticut

On lateral CXR's i always put my left hand on the patients upper back, doing this i can gauge rotation using the scapular borders. Maybe its an experience thing, but using the relationship of one scapula to the other i could tell whether there was any significant rotation or not.