auscultation

Question 1

what do normal bs sound like

Answer 1

small intermittent high pitch gurgling.

colonic sound lower pitch rumbling

Question 2

normal bowel sounds how often heard

Answer 2

5-35 per minute

Question 3

loud bowel sounds mean

Answer 3

peristalsis

Question 4

increased number of bowel sounds mean

Answer 4

diarrhea or early obstruction

Question 5

bs that sounds like tinkle and rushes

Answer 5

means bowel obstruction

Question 6

no or decreased bowel sounds

Answer 6

a/w paralytic ileus, peritonitis, acute abdomen

Question 7

Bruits heard over abdominal vasculature mean

Answer 7

vascular sounds like heart murmur. systolic Bruits in epigastric area normal

Bruits systolic/diastolic a/w turbulence related to partial arterial blockage

Question 8

what are venous hums

Answer 8

rare. continuous humming that means increased circulation between portal and venous system

Question 9

friction rubs mean

Answer 9

rare. rub like sandpaper.

means hepatoma or cholangiocaranoma
or with liver biopsy or viral hepatitis, alcoholic, hepatitis, or cholecystitis