FINAL REPORT
INDICATION: ___ year old man with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Interval monitoring bilateral infiltrates, other acute process.

TECHNIQUE: Portable upright AP chest radiograph.

COMPARISON: Chest radiographs from ___, ___ and ___.

FINDINGS:
Sternotomy wires, aortic valve replacement are intact and unchanged from prior.
Bilateral atelectasis and some pleural effusion is likely, though unchanged from prior.
More focal opacity at the right hilum may be due to rotation of the patient.
Moderate to severe cardiomegaly is again seen, unchanged from prior.
Lung volumes are grossly similar compared to prior.
The proximal port of the nasogastric tube may be at the GE junction.
ETT is unchanged in position.
Compared to ___, there is some improvement of the nodular opacities in bilateral lung.

IMPRESSION:
Proximal port of the nasogastric tube at the GE junction.
Mildly improved pulmonary edema.
