No sedation is required. The patient lies on the right side in what is known radiographically as the right lateral decubitus position. The film is placed vertically behind the chest.

A 26-year-old woman, who was 14 weeks pregnant, presented to the hospital complaining of chest pain while in the left lateral decubitus position. No relevant pre-existing conditions were observed ...

A 36-week gestation female was born to a 23-year-old G5P1122 by cesarean section because of non-reassuring fetal heart rate and breech presentation. Apgar scores were 1, 7 and 8 at 1, 5 and 10 min ...