FINAL REPORT

COMPARISON: ___.

TECHNIQUE: 2 portable views of the chest.

INDICATION: ___M with dyspnea // Acute cardiopulmonary disease

IMPRESSION:

Mild pulmonary edema with new retrocardiac opacity, likely some combination of effusion and atelectasis with possible infection.

FINDINGS:

Anterior approach cervical fixation hardware is seen.
New retrocardiac opacity silhouetting the hemidiaphragm may be any combination of effusion consolidation or atelectasis.
Right PICC is faintly visualized however tip is not clearly delineated on today's exam.
Chronic right distal clavicular fracture.
Posterior right rib fracture is old.
Mild pulmonary edema is again noted.
Left chest wall pacing device is again noted.
Right basilar opacity is likely atelectasis given change between the 2 films.
