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| Which abdominal quadrant is this in: pylorus? |
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| Which abdominal quadrant?: portion of transverse and descending colon. |
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| Which quadrant is this in: portion of descending colon |
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| Which quadrants is this in: ovaries and tubes? |
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| What is in the epigastric area? |
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| Stomach, pancreas (head and body), Aorta |
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| What does increased pain with sudden movement of the abdomen suggest? |
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| What does diastasis recti look like and what does it mean? |
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| Prominent midline bulge when pt raises head. It's a separation between the L and R side of rectus abdominus muscle. |
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| What does scaphoid abdomen look like and what does it mean? |
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| What could distended lower half of the abdomen indicate? |
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| Bladder distention, pregnancy, ovarian mass, sigmoid tumor. |
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| What does protuberant abdomen suggest? |
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| Excess intestinal gas, ascites,organ enlargement, obesity. |
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| what does high-pitched, tinkling bowel sounds suggest? |
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| Borborygmi occur at a rate of ____ per minute. |
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| Listen with the ______ of the stethescope for bruits. |
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| Kidney punch for costovertebral angle tenderness. |
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| Protuberant abdomen that is diffusely tympanic suggests... |
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| What is resonance upon percussion and where would you find it? |
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| Sustained note of moderate pitch, over lung tissue and sometimes over the abdomen. |
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| Causes of ascites include |
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| liver dz, renal dz, inflammation, decreased intravascular oncotic pressure, right-sided heart failure |
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| Is a normal kidney palpable? |
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| A palpable spleen is considered |
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| INVOLUNTARY contraction of the abdominal musculature in response to peritoneal inflammation. AKA involuntary guarding. |
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| Pain in RUQ could indicate... |
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| duodenal ulcer, hepatitis, hepatomegaly, pneumonia, cholecystitis |
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| Pain in RLQ could indicate... |
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| Appendicitis, salpingitis, ovarian cyst, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, renal/ureteral stone, strangulated hernia, Meckel diverticulitis, regional ileitis, perforated cecum |
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| Periumbilical tenderness could indicate |
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| Intestinal obstruction, acute pancreatitis, early appendicitis, mesenteric thrombosis, aortic aneurysm, diverticulitis |
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| Dx for: severe, unrelenting RUG or epigastric pain, refers to R subscapular area, + Murphy's sign. |
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| Dx for: sudden LUQ, epigastric, or umbilical pain. May refer to left shoulder, associated vomiting, fever, shock, + Grey turner and Cullen. |
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| Dx for: LLQ pain or localized to diseased area, associated fever, anorexia, diarrhea, borborygmus |
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