Intro

Question 1

How often should you check up on AAA if the abdominal aorta is between 3-4cm?

Answer 1

every 12 months

Question 2

How often should you check up on AAA if the absominal aorta is between 4-4.5cm?

Answer 2

every 6 months

Question 3

What is another name for rebound tenderness?

Answer 3

Blumberg’s sign

Question 4

What sign is for appendicitis when you put pressure on the LLQ and the pain is elicited in the RLQ?

Answer 4

Rovsing’s sign

Question 5

With what actions do you have pain with an inflamed appendix in a retroperitoneal location?

Answer 5

Active Hip flexion

Passive Hip extension

Question 6

What Ascites sign is when the patient assumes knee chest position for several minutes. Percuss umbilical area for dullness. Normally should remain tympanic without fluid?

Answer 6

Puddles sign

Question 7

What Ascites sign is when patient is supine. Percuss from
umbilicus (tympany) laterally until dullness is heard. Mark that area of transition. Have patient turn 30 degrees onto one side and percuss again for change from tympany to dullness. If fluid is present that line will move toward the umbilicus.

Answer 7

Shifting Dullness

Question 8

What Ascites sign is when patient is supine with their hand along vertical midline. Place examiners hands on each side of the abdomen and strike one side with fingertips. Feel for the impulse of fluid with the other hand.

Answer 8

Fluid wave