Read and Understand a Chest Xray - How I Do it!

How do you read a chest x-ray? Do you have a system for interpreting chest x-rays?

I've been using the same system over the last two decades and now it's like breathing..you don't have to use my system but you should do something so you see an xray the same way every time and don't miss anything.

If you're a medical student, a resident, a surgeon or physician of almost any type you're going to be looking at chest xrays and you don't always want to wait for the final read to come up!

Have a system for reading them!

Today I'm going to show you how I do it and it's as simple as the ABCs.

Airway
Bones
Cardiac
Diaphragm,
Extra
Fields
Gastric bubble

That's how I flow though the chest x-ray and in this video I'm going to show you a few examples of how I do it.

And I do it the same way every time, that's a system.

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WHO AM I?
I'm Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community!

DISCLAIMER
While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. If you have medical questions definitely consult a medical professional. Good luck and enjoy!

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[twentyrothmans]

You do this so well.
I read Physiology at University, but you mopped this up in ten minutes.

[citizensurgeon]

Do you have a system for reading chest X-rays?

[GREGhere]

Hi! This video is awesome :) great content.

Would love more content similar to this video on how to read imaging relevant to a surgeon (abdominal xrays, abd CT scans for example) and your reading pattern if you got a chance to make them!

[noraclark]

Awed once again at the massive amount of knowledge you have to have to do your job! I had no idea that you would need to read your own X-rays. Somehow I thought a radiologist would do that and send you a report!

[moohebmas]

Good job dr
I appreciate your efforts
Thanks a lot ❤❤❤

[andrescorona]

Hey! Gen surg resident here. Would you be able to make a video on how to read CTs?