Flashcards in 8.22 Symptom Investigation 6 (Red Flags) Deck (19):
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What are common signs of visceral referred pain
- McBurney's point
- Murphy sign
- Romberg-Howship sign
- Kehr Sign
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Associated condition: McBurney's point
appendicitis
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Associated condition: Murphy sign
cholecystitis
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Associated condition: Romberg-Howship sign
strangulated obturator hernia
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Associated condition: Kehr sign
- spleen rupture
- renal calculi
- ectopic pregnancy
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What is McBurney's point?
- rebound tenderness in RLQ
- sharp pain when palpated
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What is Murphy sign?
abrupt cessation of inspiration upon palpation of gall bladder in RUQ
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What is the Romberg-Howship sign?
pain down medial aspect of thigh to knees
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What is the Kehr sign?
abdominal pain radiating to the L shoulder
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obturator hernia
herniation of the viscera through the obturator muscle
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Where might an inflamed appendix also cause irritation or pain?
along the iliopsoas
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What else can cause inflammation of the obturator muscles?
- ruptured appendix
- abscess within pelvic region
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What organs are located in the RUQ?
- liver
- gall bladder
- duodenum
- head of pancrease
- hepatic flexure of colon
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What organs are located in the RLQ?
- cecum
- appendix
- ascending colon
- R ovary
- R fallopian tube
- R ureter
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What organs are located in the LUQ?
- stomach
- spleen
- L lobe of liver
- body of pancreas
- L kidney
- adrenal gland
- splenic flexure of colon
- part of transverse and descending colon
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What could cause pain in the LLQ?
- descending colon
- sigmoid colon
- L ovary
- L fallopian tube
- L uterine tube
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What is GERD?
gastroesophageal reflux disease
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What is considered the marker for someone who has severe GERD?
hiatal hernia
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