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Interpret a paediatric chest radiograph — OSCE

OSCE radiology interpretation station: assess the technical quality of a child's chest radiograph, apply the ABCDEFGH systematic approach, recognise the normal paediatric thymus, and outline the radiation-aware principle that governs whether the film should have been requested.

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RACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC PediatricsABP General Pediatrics
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RACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC PediatricsABP General Pediatrics
Prompt
A 3-year-old is brought to the emergency department with a 2-day history of fever and cough and increased work of breathing. A chest radiograph is performed as an erect PA film. You are the paediatric registrar asked to interpret the film systematically at the workstation, to comment on the technical quality, to apply a structured approach, and to discuss the radiation-aware principle that governs the request.

Candidate brief

You have this station to interpret a paediatric chest radiograph systematically. Perform the technical-quality check before reading the fields, apply the ABCDEFGH systematic review, recognise the named radiographic signs, and discuss the radiation-aware principle that governs whether the film should have been requested. Treat the film as one piece of information that must be read with the clinical picture, never instead of it. [1] [2]

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  1. [1]Bramson RT, Griscom NT, Cleveland RH Interpretation of chest radiographs in infants with cough and fever Radiology, 2005.PMID 15983074
  2. [2]Marais J, Venkatakrishna SSB, Calle-Toro JS, et al Patient rotation chest X-rays and the consequences of misinterpretation in paediatric radiology Paediatr Respir Rev, 2023.PMID 37244797
  3. [3]Wee T, Lee AF, Nadel H, et al The paediatric thymus: recognising normal and ectopic thymic tissue Clin Radiol, 2021.PMID 33762135
  4. [4]Shah SN, Monuteaux MC, Neuman MI Prevalence and predictors of radiographic pneumonia in children with wheeze: A systematic review and meta-analysis Acad Emerg Med, 2024.PMID 39189186
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