FINAL REPORT
AP CHEST 5:04 A.M. ___

HISTORY: A ___-year-old man with a right basal ganglia hemorrhage, after
tracheostomy tube, unable to tolerate CPAP. Is there pulmonary edema or
pneumonia.

IMPRESSION: AP chest compared to ___ through ___:

Tracheostomy tube is turned, tip abutting the left wall. Right PIC line ends
in the mid SVC. No pneumothorax. Small left pleural effusion persists. Moderate
cardiomegaly persist. Mild-to-moderate pulmonary edema and pulmonary vascular
engorgement have improved since ___. Extent of bibasilar consolidation difficult
to assess given the overlying heavy asbestos-related calcified pleural plaque.
Conceivably, a lateral conventional chest radiograph would be helpful in
determining how much of the abnormality at the lung bases, particularly the
right, is due to pleural effusion and how much due to lower lobe atelectasis
or consolidation.
