FINAL REPORT
 EXAMINATION: CHEST (PORTABLE AP)
 
 INDICATION: ___ year old man with respiratory failure s/p L thoracentesis
 yesterday // interval change
 
 TECHNIQUE: Portable AP radiograph of the chest.
 
 COMPARISON: ___.
 
 FINDINGS: 
 
 Lung volumes are very low. Cardiomegaly despite the projection is unchanged. The patient has had median sternotomy with aortic valve replacement. A left basilar pigtail catheter remains in place. A left pectoral AICD remains in place. Endotracheal tube terminates at the level of the clavicles. Right IJ central venous catheter terminates in the low SVC. A nasogastric tube can
