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What is a Colle's FX?

it is a fracture of the distal radius and it is displaced posteriorly

What is a Smith's FX ?

fracture of the distal radius, it is displaced anteriorly

Normal BUN levels?

8-25 milligrams per deciliter

Normal Creatinine levels?

0.6-1.5 milligrams per deciliter

What is a person has a plural effusion on the right side of their body? What exam do you perform? Why?

a right lateral decub because the fluid is on the right and needs to be placed downside so the fluid will settle and the air will rise

What is the difference between an ORIF and an IF . Define terms and give answer

Open Reduction Internal Fixation is a procedure Internal Fixation is a device

In reference to a reaction to contrast, how would hot flashes be classified? What would be a moderate example? What would be a severe example?

mild level of reaction, swelling lips, anaphylactic shock

How is patency defined? What is an example?

how "open" a body part is a uterine tube or ureter

If you cannot perform the Danelius-Miller projection due to patient injury, what other projection could you perform?

Clements-Nakayama method

What projection would show the fibular head and neck in the event that you could not rotate the lower leg.

AP and 45* lateromedial angle

Patient presents with a possible stellate fracture of the knee. Which projections would show this best without more injury to the patient?

AP and lateral of the knee and patella WITHOUT flexion of the knee

How much would you rotate the body for an oblique, and lateral scapular Y projection?

35 to 40 degrees from AP

What exams would you do for a possible shoulder dislocation ?

AP, transthoracic lateral

Do the post reduction projections of upper and lower limbs need to show both joints ? explain your answer

NO image needs to include only the joint nearest the fracture

A patient comes to the ER with a possible aortic aneurysm. What exam of the abdomen would a technologist perform?

dorsal decub

What can be examined by an arthroscopy?

any joint

Which contrast media can be injected into a joint?

air and iodinated (or no-iodinated) contrast

The removal of a damaged meniscus would be an example of?

arthroplasty

Which modality has prompted a major reduction in the number of arthrograms performed?

MRI

What two exams are performed during a myelography?

AP, X-table lateral

Where is the catheter inserted during an ERCP?

hepatopancreatic ampulla

Which device do you use during an ERCP?

duodenoscope

Radiographic exam of the biliary ducts ONLY is termed?

cholangiography

"Chole-" is a prefix for terms pertaining to :

bile

Where is the gallbladder located on an asthenic patient?

Low and midline

The liver is divided into ___________ major and minor lobes?

4

Which is the suggested conventional positioning routine for cervical myelography following fluoroscopy? Where is the CR centered?

Patient prone: horizontal beam lateral and swimmer's horizontal beam. Centered to C 7

Why is the supine AP projection rarely taken during a thoracic spine myelogram?

contrast media tends to pool near the midthorasic region

What is the positioning routine done for a lumbar myelography?

patient prone:semierect horizontal beam lateral

What is the average dosage of contrast media given during a myelogram?

9-15 mL

How is the water-soluble contrast media eliminated following a myelogram?

it is excreted by the kidneys

Why is a block placed under the abdomen for a lumbar puncture?

to widen the interspinous spaces

What is the most common injection site for a myelogram?

L3-4

True or False ? Arachnoiditis is a clinical indication for a myelogram procedure?

False

A contraindication of a myelography is if a lumbar puncture has been performed within the previous ___________ weeks?

2

What is the most common clinical indication for a myelogram?

HNP

Where is the contrast media instilled during a myelogram?

subarachnoid space

What is the correct radiographic criterion for a hysterosalpingography?

Vagina, uterine cavity and uterine tubes should be opacified and well demonstrated

Where is the CR placed when doing a hysterosalpingography ?

2 inches superior to the symphysis pubis

Most exams are used with non-ionic contrast. Why would we not want to use that?

cost

The most commonly preferred contrast medium for the hysterosalpingography is

positive, non-ionic , water soluble

Name three things that are a contraindication to a hysterosalpingography?

Pregnancy, uterine bleeding, pelvic inflammatory disease

The purpose of the hysterosalpingography is to demonstrate?

the uterine cavity and the patency of the uterine tubes

Which part of the uterine tubes opens up into the peritoneal cavity?

Infundibulum

How much positive contrast media is used during a single contrast shoulder arthrogram?

8--15 mL

When doing a shoulder arthrogram which projection would NOT be commonly performed? AP internal/external, scap y, Glenoid fossa, transaxillary

scap Y

Which is NOT an indication for knee arthography? Baker's cyst, injury or tears, rotator cuff tear

rotator cuff tear

Why is the knee flexed following an injection of contrast, during an arthrogram?

to coat the soft tissues with contrast media

What imaging modality is used to study bony structures?

CT

What imaging modality is frequently used to study soft tissue?

MRI