Female, 68 years old.Evaluate lung fields for cause of hypoxemia. Interval extubation.Mediastinal drains, left chest tube and a right jugular Swan-Ganz catheter are unchanged in position.Increasing pleural fluid, atelectasis and consolidation at the left base. Minimal pleural fluid and atelectasis on the right without significant change.No visible pneumothorax.
Decreased lung aeration on the left due to worsening atelectasis, retrocardiac consolidation and a subpulmonic fluid collection.