Abdo signs Flashcards

1
Q

What signs would IV drug users have?

A

Track marks

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2
Q

What is the sign for pruritis?

A

Excoriations

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3
Q

What are you looking for under the armpits?

A

Acanthosis nigrans

Lymphadenopathy

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4
Q

Inflammation of the gums is called?

A

Gingivitis

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5
Q

Ketone breath smells like?

A

Pear drops

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6
Q

A sickly smell is a sign of what and what is this smell called?

A

Fetor hepaticus

Sign of liver failure

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7
Q

Mouth debris is called?

A

Halitosis

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8
Q

What are you looking at in the neck?

A

Acanthosis nigrans
Lymphadenopathy
Raised JVP

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9
Q

What is the scar after an appendectomy?

A

Lanz scar

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10
Q

What does caput medusa show?

A

Portal HTN

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11
Q

What does grey turners and cullen’s sign show?

A

Pancreatitis

Ruptured AAA

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12
Q

What do you look for on light palpation?

A
Tenderness
Rebound tenderness 
Guarding 
Masses 
Rovsing's sign
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13
Q

What does rebound tenderness show

A

Generalised peritonitis secondary to

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14
Q

What is Rosving’s sign?

A

Pushing down in the left iliac fossa causes pain in the right iliac fossa due to appendicitis

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15
Q

What is murphy’s sign and what does it show?

A

Pressing down on right costal margin (during liver palpation) causes pain

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16
Q

What does Murphy’s sign show?

A

Suggests acute cholecystitis

17
Q

If there’s jaundice and the palpable is palpable without pain, what does it suggest?

A

It is NOT due to gallstones

More likely to be mucocele obstructing biliary flow or ????

18
Q

What is this law related to the gallbladder called?

A

Couvorsier’s law

19
Q

Tinkling bowel sounds suggests?

A

Small bowel obstruction

20
Q

Absent bowel sounds suggest?

A

Peristalsis ???????

21
Q

Which bruits do you look for?

A

Hepatic
Aortic
Renal

22
Q

What does hepatic bruit suggest?

A

AV malformations

Acute alcoholic hepatitis

23
Q

What does hepatic bruit suggest?

A

AV malformations
Acute alcoholic hepatitis
?????????

24
Q

What does renal bruit suggest?

A

Renal artery stenosis