Abdo signs Flashcards
What signs would IV drug users have?
Track marks
What is the sign for pruritis?
Excoriations
What are you looking for under the armpits?
Acanthosis nigrans
Lymphadenopathy
Inflammation of the gums is called?
Gingivitis
Ketone breath smells like?
Pear drops
A sickly smell is a sign of what and what is this smell called?
Fetor hepaticus
Sign of liver failure
Mouth debris is called?
Halitosis
What are you looking at in the neck?
Acanthosis nigrans
Lymphadenopathy
Raised JVP
What is the scar after an appendectomy?
Lanz scar
What does caput medusa show?
Portal HTN
What does grey turners and cullen’s sign show?
Pancreatitis
Ruptured AAA
What do you look for on light palpation?
Tenderness Rebound tenderness Guarding Masses Rovsing's sign
What does rebound tenderness show
Generalised peritonitis secondary to
What is Rosving’s sign?
Pushing down in the left iliac fossa causes pain in the right iliac fossa due to appendicitis
What is murphy’s sign and what does it show?
Pressing down on right costal margin (during liver palpation) causes pain
What does Murphy’s sign show?
Suggests acute cholecystitis
If there’s jaundice and the palpable is palpable without pain, what does it suggest?
It is NOT due to gallstones
More likely to be mucocele obstructing biliary flow or ????
What is this law related to the gallbladder called?
Couvorsier’s law
Tinkling bowel sounds suggests?
Small bowel obstruction
Absent bowel sounds suggest?
Peristalsis ???????
Which bruits do you look for?
Hepatic
Aortic
Renal
What does hepatic bruit suggest?
AV malformations
Acute alcoholic hepatitis
What does hepatic bruit suggest?
AV malformations
Acute alcoholic hepatitis
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What does renal bruit suggest?
Renal artery stenosis
