Ch 17 Flashcards
What should you note and draw their location, confucration and relative size. It may alert you to possibility of internal adhesions.
scars
What quadrant has theliver and gallbladderpylorus, duodenum, head of pancrease, right adrenal gland, portion of right idney, hepatic flexure of colon, portions of ascending and tranverse colon.
right upper quadrant
What quadrant has the lower pole of right kidney, cecum and appendix, portion of ascending colon, bladder (if distended), ovary and salpinx, uterus (if enlarged) right spermatic cord, right ureter.
Right lower quadrant
What quadrant has the left lobe of the liver, spleen, stomach, body of pancrease, left adrenal gland, portion of left kidney, splenic flexure of colon, portions of tranverse and descending colon
Left upper quadrant
What quadrant has the lower pole of left kidney, sigmoid colon, portion of descending colon, bladder (if distended) ovary and salpinx, uterus (if enlarged), left spermatic cord, left ureter?
left lower quadrant
When you have a patient with abdominal distention and their bowel sounds are hypoactive and the patient uses diuretics, what should you be thinking?
hypokalemia or steroids
what are the 7 landmarks of the abdomen?
xiphoid process, costal margin, umbilicus, poupart ligament, superior margin of os pubis, anterosuperior iliac spine
After how long should you be worried about not hearing bowel sounds?
5 minutes
What is a musical note of higher pitch than resonance and where is it located?
tympany; located over air-filled viscera
What pitch lies between tympany and resonance and where is it located?
hypperesonance; lies at base of left lung
What is a sustained note of moderate pitch and where is it find?
resonance, over lung tissue and sometimes over the abdomen
What is a short, high-pitched note with little resonance and where is it found?
dullness, over solid organs adjacent to air filled structures
What are the two ways you should report liver size?
liver span and the extent of liver projection below the costal margin (use landmarks)
When using light palpation of the abdomen what is the farthest you should press in?
1 cm
How do you palpate a ticklish patient?
ask them to perform self-palpation or touching a different part of their body simultaneously.
What icons the acronym for the causes of constipation?
constipated
Name three causes of constipation
neoplasms, obstruction, stricture of colon
What are commonly mistaken for masses when palpating?
kidney, fecal mass (cecum), uterus, aorta, sacral promontory, fecal mass (sigmoid), bladder
Where should your fingers rest when palpating the liver?
right midclavicular line
How can you differentiate between enlarged spleen or enlarged left kidney?
Percussion will be dull over spleen (also a palpable notch), percussion over enlarged kidney will be resonant.
Can you typically palpate the left kidney? How do you feel it then?
NOpe; you capture it
Can you palpate AAA’s?
yes
Should you be able to palpate a healthy urinary bladder?
no
what is a pathological increase in fluid in the peritoneal cavity
an ascite
If you see a protuberant abdomen or bulging flank when lying supine what should you suspect?
ascite
If you have shiftin dullness then you have a (blank)
ascite
What is the most sensitive test for ascites? What is the most specific test?
flank dullness and bulging flanksFluid wave
The farther pain is from the umbilicus the more likely the cause is (blank).
organic
a sudden dramatic change from mild even vague abdominal pain could be a sign of what?
etopic pregnancy so ask about sexual history.
Where will a patient feel pain in appendicitus? What are the symptoms?
right lower quadrant RLQ pain the originates periumbilical pain and pain before vomitting
What are the symptoms of appendicitus in children?
vominting, reobound tenderness, rectal tenderness, and RLQ (but less helpful than in adults)
MANTRALS, PAS, and Ohmann are scores for what?
appendicitus
When is hepatomegaly present?
when liver is more than 3 cm below the right costal margin
Infants of mothers with poorly controlled diabetes or with gestational diabetes will have what?
enlarged liver
How do you palpate an infant’s abdomen/
thumb and forefinger
Can a person be constipated with diarehea?
yes
How long is the alimentary tract?
27 feet long