ABDOMEN Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is the order of examination for abdomen
Inspection
Auscultation
Percussion
Palpation
What does purple striae associate with
Cushing’s disease
hyperactive bowel sounds?
Borborygmi
5-30 bowel sounds per minute
normoactive
what loud bruit over aortic area possible indicate?
aneurysm
grating sounds like two pieces of leather rubbing together.
Peritoneal friction rubs
normal percussion sounds over stomach and gas filled bowels?
tympany
normal sound over liver spleen and full bladder?
dullness
what possible cause for large dull areas?
fluid or tumor
what does distended and palpable as smooth round, tense mass in BLADDER?
urinary retention
Tenderness/pain over this point indicates possible acute appendicitis
McBurney’s sign/home
Which sign is when patient raises his leg upward with pressure of your hand on his thigh, patient feels _______ pain
Iliopsoas sign
this sign is when patient has his leg above knee, you rotate the leg laterally and medially results in pain in the HYPOGASTRIC REGION
Obturator
Areas of DILATED capillaries or arterioles - may signal liver disease
Spider angiomas
a BLUISH periumbilical discoloration,
signals intra-abdominal hemorrhage. It may be seen in acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, with massive hemorrhage
after trauma
Cullen’s sign-
is a bruise like skin discoloration of the flank area. This sign typically appears 6 to 24 hours after the onset of retroperitoneal hemorrhage associated with acute pancreatitis.
Grey turner’s sign
The passage of bloody stools,
usually indicates GI bleeding.
Hematochezia-
enlargement of
the liver
Hepatomegaly
