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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{6.5626 cm} x{10.7074 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Components of an x-ray report}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Clinical information:}} & Age, gender, name, ID\#, chief complaint, hx of trauma, medical history \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Radiological findings}} & ABCs \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Impressions}} & Summary of the issue \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Recommendations}} & Management of what was found \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} x{15.543 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ABCS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} A & Alignment \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} B & Bone \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} C & Cartilage \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} S & Soft Tissue \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{Impression} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{7.5988 cm} x{9.6712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Alignment}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Lateral View}} & Craniocervical junction \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & McGregor's line and Chamberlain's line \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & ADI \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Cervical and lumbar lordosis \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Tx kyphosis \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & George's line, anterior VB line, pillar line, spinolaminar line \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{APOM and APLC, AP Tx, AP Lx}} & Lateral offset @ C1 lateral masses - overhang \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & Scoliosis \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Pelvic unleveling \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{McGregor's line:}} Posterior margin of hard palate to inferior surface of occipital bone \newline {\bf{Normal}} Tip of Dens should not be over the line by \textgreater{}8mm males and \textgreater{}10mm females \newline {\bf{Chamberlain's line:}} Posterior Margin of hard palate to opisthion (if this cannot be seen, use Mcgregor's) - should not be \textgreater{}3mm above this line \newline \newline {\bf{ADI:}} Posterior margin of C1 anterior tubercle to anterior surface of dens. \newline {\bf{Normal:}} {\bf{Adult:}} 1-3mm {\bf{Child:}} 1-5mm} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{8.635 cm} x{8.635 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bone}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Things to consider:}} & {\bf{Density}} - adequate? Decreased? Increased? \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Number}} - congenital anomalies? Block vertebrae? Cx ribs? SBO? LS transitional segment & {\bf{Integrity}} - Height loss - compression vs burst f\# Lytic lesions?Blastic lesions? 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