Chest X ray interpretation Mnemonic

Preliminary is ABCDEF: 

AP or PA
Body position
Confirm name
Date
Exposure
Films for comparison

Analysis is ABCDEF:

Airways (hilar adenopathy or enlargement)
Breast shadows/ Bones (rib fractures, lytic bone lesions)
Cardiac silhoutte (cardiac enlargement)/ Costophrenic 
   angles(pleural effusions)
Diaphragm (evidence of free air)/ Digestive tract
Edges (apices for fibrosis, pneumothorax, pleural thickening 
   or plaques)/ Extrathoracic tissues
Fields (evidence of alveolar filling)/ Failure (alveolar air 
   space disease with prominent vascularity with or without 
   pleural effusions)