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A chest x-ray is an x-ray of the chest, lungs, heart, large arteries, ribs, and diaphragm.
Alternative NamesChest radiography; Serial chest x-ray; X-ray - chest
How the test is performedThe test is performed in a hospital radiology department or in the health care provider's office by an x-ray technician. Two views are usually taken: one in which the x-rays pass through the chest from the back (posterior-anterior view), and one in which the x-rays pass through the chest from one side to the other (lateral view). You stand in front of the machine and must hold your breath when the x-ray is taken.
How to prepare for the testInform the health care provider if you are pregnant. Chest x-rays are generally avoided during the first six months of pregnancy. You must wear a hospital gown and remove all jewelry.
How the test will feelThere is no discomfort. The film plate may feel cold.
Why the test is performedYour doctor may order a chest x-ray if you have any of the following symptoms:
- A persistent cough
- Chest injury
- Chest pain
- Coughing up blood
- Difficulty breathing
It may also be done if you have signs of tuberculosis, lung cancer, or other chest or lung disease.
A serial chest x-ray (repeated) may be used to evaluate or monitor changes found on a previous chest x-ray.
What abnormal results meanIn the lungs:
- Collapsed lung
- Collection of fluid around the lung
- Lung cancer
- Lung tumor
- Malformation of the blood vessels
- Pneumonia
- Scarring of lung tissue
- Tuberculosis
In the heart:
- Size and shape of the heart determined
- Position and shape of the large arteries
In the bones:
- Fractures of ribs and spine
- Osteoporosis
- Other abnormalities in the ribs and spine
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:
- Achalasia
- Acute bronchitis
- Acute MI
- Acute mountain sickness
- Acute pulmonary eosinophilia (Loeffler syndrome)
- Adult Still's disease
- Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Anthrax
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic insufficiency
- Aortic stenosis
- ARDS (adult respiratory distress syndrome)
- Asbestosis
- Aspergillosis
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Atelectasis
- Atrial myxoma
- Atrial septal defect
- Atypical mycobacterial infection
- Atypical pneumonia
- Blastomycosis
- Breast cancer
- Bronchial adenoma
- Bronchial asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Byssinosis (cotton dust)
- Caplan syndrome
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cerebral abscess
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic glomerulonephritis
- CMV pneumonitis
- Coal workers pneumoconiosis
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Coccidioidomycosis; acute (primary) pulmonary
- Coccidioidomycosis; chronic pulmonary
- Coccidioidomycosis; disseminated
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Disseminated tuberculosis (infectious)
- Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
- Drug-induced pulmonary disease
- Echinococcus
- Emphysema
- Empyema
- Goodpasture syndrome
- Heart failure
- Histoplasmosis; acute (primary) pulmonary
- Histoplasmosis; chronic pulmonary
- Histoplasmosis; disseminated
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Hypertensive heart disease
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypothyroidism; primary
- Hypothyroidism; secondary
- Idiopathic cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
- Industrial bronchitis
- Infective endocarditis
- Inhalation anthrax
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy
- Left-sided heart failure
- Legionnaire's disease
- Lyme disease, secondary
- Malignant hypertension (arteriolar nephrosclerosis)
- Meningitis
- Mesothelioma (benign-fibrous)
- Mesothelioma (malignant)
- Metastatic brain tumor
- Metastatic cancer to the lung
- Metastatic pleural tumor
- Mitral regurgitation; acute
- Mitral regurgitation; chronic
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Mycoplasma pneumonia
- Myocarditis
- Necrotizing vasculitis
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurosarcoidosis
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Occupational asthma
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Pericarditis
- Pericarditis; bacterial
- Pericarditis; post-MI
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
- Pneumonia in immunocompromised host
- Pneumonia with lung abscess
- Premature infant
- Primary alveolar hypoventilation
- Primary pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary actinomycosis
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Pulmonary aspergilloma (mycetoma)
- Pulmonary aspergillosis; allergic bronchopulmonary type
- Pulmonary aspergillosis; invasive
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary embolus
- Pulmonary histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
- Pulmonary nocardiosis
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
- Q fever (early)
- Q fever (late)
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Respiratory distress syndrome (infants)
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatoid lung disease
- Right-sided heart failure
- Sarcoidosis
- Senile cardiac amyloid
- Silicosis (classical)
- Silicosis (acute)
- Skin lesion of histoplasmosis
- Solitary pulmonary nodule (benign)
- Spontaneous pneumothorax
- SVC obstruction
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
- Tension pneumothorax
- Testicular cancer
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
- Transposition of the great vessels
- Traumatic pneumothorax
- Ventricular septal defect
- Viral pneumonia
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- Wilms tumor
There is low radiation exposure. X-rays are monitored and regulated to provide the minimum amount of radiation exposure needed to produce the image. Most experts feel that the risk is very low compared with the benefits. Pregnant women and children are more sensitive to the risks of x-rays.
What else can I help you with?
Why does a patient have to take a deep breath and hold it during a chest xray?
Taking a deep breath and holding it during a chest x-ray helps to prevent blurring of the image caused by movement. It also helps to expand the lungs fully, allowing for a clearer view of the structures inside the chest.
What is the antonym for xray?
There is no antonym. An xray is a wavelength. There is no opposite.
How do you spell re-xray?
re x-ray
The radiation emitted from the xray tube and strikes the patient directly is called?
primary radiation
What has a higher wavelength xray or a microwave?
A microwave has a higher wavelength than an X-ray. Microwaves typically have wavelengths in the range of centimeters to millimeters, while X-rays have wavelengths in the range of picometers to nanometers.
What is Shadow over heart in xray?
had a chest xray, there was a shadow over my heart what is it
When was cardiomyopathy discovered?
after chest xray
What is clouding on a chest xray?
U have cancer
Are there any contraindications for a chest xray?
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Is there's some place in Orlando to get a low cost chest xray?
Is there's some place in Orlando to get a low cost chest xray?Read more: Is_there's_some_place_in_Orlando_to_get_a_low_cost_chest_xray
How much does it cost to get a chest xray?
A chest x-ray's cost varies. The price depends on where they are done at, how many are taken, and what if any amount insurance the person has will cover.
What does a chest xray have to do with endometrial cancer?
endometrial cancer travels to the lungs.
How do they do thoracic inlet xrays?
A normal chest xray but angled up a little and a smaller area at the top of your chest.
What really means the perihilar areas with some nodular densities?
my daugther chest xray found that her chest xray results that there are densities in the perihilar areas with some nodular densities within. and it consider a primary koch's infection
What is the icd-9 code for chest xray orthopnea?
The ICD9 for orthopnea is 786.02. The chest x-ray would have a CPT code.
In epilepsy why is chest xray is done?
for Aspiration pneumonia that may happened during the attack
What does confluent infiltrate mean on a chest xray?
It means they are flowing together or merging together.
