Abdomen Flashcards
(19 cards)
Cullen’s sign
Blue tint at umbilicus
Sign of abdominal bleeding
Mnemonic for female pain
A : appendix E: ectopic pregnancy I: inflammatory O: ovarian U: urinary
Diastasis rectis
Separation of the abdominal muscles in infants
Normal
Celiac disease
Exaggerated potbelly from malabsorption
Sister Mary Joseph nodule
Nodule at umbilicus related to poor outcomes
What percussion sound is normal in the abdomen?
Tympany
Liver span
6-12 cm
Change from resonance to dullness= top border
Chane from tympani to dullness= lower border
Spleen
Percuss l side posterior to MAL
Resonance to dullness to resonance with deep breath
Deep breath
Costovertebral angle tenderness
12th rib at CVA
HIT
no pain normal
Pain= kidney
Fluid wave
Ascities test
Rebound tenderness
McBurney’s point
Peritoneal inflammation APPENDICITIS
Push and quickly release
Rovsing sign
Press deep for 5 sec LLQ= pain RRL
APPENDICITIS
Murphys sign
Palate liver margin at inspiration = pain
CHOLECYSTITIS
Iliopsoas muscle test
Pain RLQ after raising thigh against resistance
APPENDICITIS
Obturator test
Flex rotate hip
APPENDICITIS OR ABCESS
Colon cancer
2nd leading cause of death in usa
Test via FOBT, flex sigmoidoscopy or DCBE
SCREEN at 40yomor 10yrs younger than earliest positive Cancer in family
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
Screening at 21
Colonoscopy Q1-2yrs
Genetic counseling
Familial adenomatous polyposis
SCREEN AT PUBERTY
Flex sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy Q1-2yrs
Ulcerative colitis
Colonoscopy with biopsy Q1-2yrs
7-8yrs post pan colitis
12-15yrs post left side colitis