The cardiothoracic ratio aids in the detection of cardiomegaly, or more broadly, enlargement of the cardiac silhouette. It is measured on a PA chest x-ray, and is the ratio of:
Disability around the World: It's estimated that more than 1 billion people live with a disability. (United Nations, 2013) This represents the worldâs largest minority, and the only minority group that any of us can become a member of at any time.
A child with disabilities is taught at a primary school in Bangladesh. Around 150 million children in the world live with a disability - 80% of them are in developing countries and nine out of 10 of these children do not attend school.