FINAL REPORT
EXAMINATION: CHEST (PORTABLE AP)

INDICATION: ___ year old man with renal failure, CHF, intubated // Please
assess for PICC line placement. Please assess for ET tube placement, pulmonary
consolidatio, effusion, infection Please assess for PICC line placement.
Please assess for ET

COMPARISON: Comparison to ___ at 05:02

FINDINGS:

Portable semi-erect chest film ___ at 21:13 is submitted.

IMPRESSION:

Mediastinal contours are difficult to assess due to patient rotation.
Endotracheal tube with tip 4.2 cm above the carina.
A right subclavian PICC line has its tip in the mid SVC.
A nasogastric tube is seen coursing below the diaphragm with the tip not identified.
The heart remains enlarged.
Low lung volumes with appearance of mild to moderate pulmonary edema.
There are moderate layering bilateral effusions with
