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18 Cards in this Set
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Sequence for Abdomin
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Inspect, Ausc., Percus, Palpate
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Distention Six F's
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Fluid, Fat, Flatulence, Feces, Fetus, Fatal Growths
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Striae
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Irregular parts of the skin that look like bands, stripes or lines.
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Enlarged Organ
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Can be visible when patient breaths, enlarged liver or spleen to descend below the rib cage.
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Gastric Pulsations
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Normal aortic pulsation is frequently visible in the epigastrium
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Pitch of Bowel Sounds
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High
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Borborygmi
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Normal, level bowel sounds
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Bruit
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Vascular sounds resembling heart murmurs, r/t increased turbulence in blood flow thru a partially occluded artery. May indicate an aortic aneurysm.
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Venous Hum
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Heard over liver or upper abdomen. Indicates liver disease, hepatic cirrhosis.
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Friction Rub
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Over Sleep, inflammation or infarction. Over Liver; primary or metastatic tumor. Cause grating sound.
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Dullness in Abdomin
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Abdominal organs, feces or fluid
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Tympany in Bowel and Stomach
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Gas and Air
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Liver Location
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5th to 7th Intercostal Space & below Umbilicus
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Rovsings Sign
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Press on left lower quadrant, pain will be on the right for appendicitous
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Murphy's Sign
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Inflamed gall bladder (behind liver) hook fingers under right ribs, a lot of pain
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Mcburney's
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appendix in abdomen point on front hip and belly button, third way up and pain
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Deep Palpation
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4cm
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CV Tenderness
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Palpate Kidney
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