What is lateral chest?

What is lateral chest?

Amanda Er ◉ and Andrew Murphy ◉ et al. The lateral chest view examines the lungs, bony thoracic cavity, mediastinum, and great vessels.

What is a right lateral xray?

PATIENT STORY #1. Figure 1. Right lateral thoracic radiograph: This image highlights the left (nondependent lungs) normal lungs. No pulmonary abnormalities are noted. The right lateral image highlights the left lungs and causes collapse (atelectasis) of the right lungs, obscuring the pulmonary changes.

What does right lateral view mean?

Right lateral view means, that the animal is lying with its right side down.

Is the chest lateral to the arms?

A lateral orientation is a position away from the midline of the body. For instance, the arms are lateral to the chest, and the ears are lateral to the head. A medial orientation is a position toward the midline of the body.

Why do we perform a left lateral chest radiograph rather than a right lateral?

The most commonly cited reason for favoring the left rather than right lateral chest radiograph is that the left-sided cardiac structures are closer to the film and less magnified.

What is lateral position?

Definition. Lateral position. The lateral position is described as side‐lying with pillows strategically placed along the patient’s back, and possibly buttocks, and a pillow placed between the patient’s flexed legs to prevent adduction and internal rotation of the hip.

Are the ears are lateral to the nose?

Ears are posterior to the nose. The eye is more medial than the ear.

Why is left lateral position used?

The benefits of lateral positioning include increased patient comfort; prevention of pressure injury; and reduced deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary emboli, atelectasis, and pneumonia.

When should lateral position be used?

The lateral position is used for surgical access to the thorax, kidney, retroperitoneal space, and hip. Depending on the side of the body on which the patient is being operated, the patient will lie on their left or right side. Before being placed in the lateral position, the patient is induced in the supine position.

Is lateral left or right?

Lateral (from Latin lateralis ‘to the side’) describes something to the sides of an animal, as in “left lateral” and “right lateral”. Medial (from Latin medius ‘middle’) describes structures close to the midline, or closer to the midline than another structure.

Which body part is lateral to the nose?

ears
“The ears are lateral to the nose.”