Top 10 Chest X-Ray Misdiagnoses to Avoid on Call

In this talk, we’ll review ten top misdiagnoses to avoid when you’re reading chest x-rays on-call, in addition to realistic benchmarks for a radiologist reading chest x-rays prospectively.

00:00 - Introduction
00:14 - Overlooking a Retained Foreign Body
04:37 - Inaccurately Assessing Line/Tube Location
09:44 - Misinterpreting Pneumothorax
13:19 - Missing a Pleural Effusion
17:32 - Misinterpreting Pulmonary Edema
24:30 - Overlooking a Lung Nodule
27:02 - Missing Active Tuberculosis
30:35 - Failing to Recognize a Mediastinal Abnormality
39:00 - Missing Pneumoperitoneum
41:53 - Confusing an Anatomic Variant or Artifact for Pathology

[michaelorfanides]

Also doctor, I'd like to mention your presentation in speaking is beyond outstanding and your command of the medical terminology as it relates to the English language is beyond excellent. Thank you so much for this combat makes me wish I was in med school to become a Radiologist. Thank you Mike and Los Angeles(you are an outstanding instructor).