Organ procurement coordinators often provide independent interpretations of chest radiographs during donor care. Catheter or tube position, lobar atelectasis, extra-alveolar air, air bronchograms, pleural fluid, and other findings are important throughout donor care and when deciding if a lung is acceptable for transplantation. Technical factors, features of a normal chest radiograph, and abnormal radiographic findings are reviewed and examples are presented.
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