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Abdomen Flashcards

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Abdomen assessment

A 
stand on the patients right side
order of assessment: 
Inspection
auscultation
percussion
palpation
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inspection

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Scars
Striae
Dilated veins
Rashes/lesions
Masses
Umbilicus
Contour
Symmetry
Peristalsis
Pulsations
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Scars/Striae note

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size, color, location

striae may be silvery color, stretch marks due to pregnancy, rapid weight gain or large weight loss

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dilated veins

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prominent, dilated veins occur with portal hypertension, cirrhosis, ascites, vena cava obstruction, and malnutrition

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Rashes, lesions, masses

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link to skin assessment
ABCDE
asymmetry, border, color, diameter, elevation and enlargement

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umbilicus

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note contour, location, and any signs of inflammation or hernia. An umbilical hernia protrudes through the umbilicus

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Contour of abdomen

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flat: appropriate weight and muscle tone
scaphoid: sunken (dehydration)
rounded: slightly obese, early pregnancy
protuberant: pregnancy, distension, obesity, tumors, ascites

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Peristalsis

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eye level to assess
may need to observe for several mintues
may be visible in thin individuals

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Pulsations

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aortic pulsation may be visible in the epigastric area

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Auscultation

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Warm the diaphragm

Begin in RLQ, then to RUQ, LUQ, LLQ

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Bowel Sounds

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Normal: 5-30 per minute
Hypoactive: less than 5/minute
Hyperactive: more than 30/minutes
borborygmus: stomach growling 
Absent sounds: must listen for 5 minutes; result of decreased intestinal motility, paralytic ileus, late bowel obstruction, peritonitis, appendicitis
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Venous Hum

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continuous medium pitched sound auscultated in the epigastric and umbilical area. may indicate hepatic cirrohosis

very rare
listen with bell

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Friction rub

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rough grating sound
may indicated infection, inflammation, and malignancy

listen with diaphragm

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percuss

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purpose is to detect fluid, gaseous distension, and masses

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tympany

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Lightly percuss in all four quadrants
Move clockwise
Air in the intestines rises to the surface when supine

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Dullness

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Distended bladder
Adipose tissue
Fluid
Mass

17
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Hyperresonance

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Gaseous distention

18
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liver span

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percuss down along the right midclavicular line beginning at the nipple area, moving from lung resonance to liver dullness. mark with china pin

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liver span cont

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percuss up along the right midclavicular line from the level of the umbilicus to liver dullness. mark with pin

measure with tape should be 6-12 inches in the adult. The liver width is greater in men and tall individuals

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percuss spleen

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9th or 10th mid axillary line and percuss, shoudl be tympanic

dull sound could be mono, trauma, or infection

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percuss stomach

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gastric air bubble, left side of patient 6th or 7th rib

should be tympanic

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palpation

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begin with light palpation
start in RLQ, RUQ, LUQ, LLQ
muscular resistance- muscle tone
abdominal tenderness- stiffening with pain

23
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deep palpation

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used to distinguish inferior organs or elicit deep pain

24
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deep masses

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note size, location, mobility, contour, consistency(soft, firm or hard), tenderness

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tender areas

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palpate last

26
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aorta

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press deep into the upper abdomen slightly to the left of the midline. identify the aortic pulsation
Normally 2.5 cm – 4 cm in the adult
abnormal finding: widened w/ aneurysm

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upper abdominal reflexes

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stroke the abdomen toward the umbilicus with the handle of the reflex hammer
should move toward the stimulus

28
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lower abdominal

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stroke the abdomen below the umbilical area but towards the midline
umbilicus should deviate towards the stimulus

29
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Absent reflex

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could indicate a pyramidal tract lesion

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