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What is a Positive Ballance sign and what is the associated disease?

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Fixed dullness to percussion in left flank (LUQ, LLQ), and dullness in right flank that disappears on change in position

Peritoneal Irritation

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What test is just for peritoneal irritation

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Ballance

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What is a positive Aaron sign and what is the associated disease?

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Pain or distress occur in the area of the patients heart or stomach on palpation of McBurney’s point

Appendicitis

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What is a positive Rovsing sign and what is its associated disease?

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RLQ pain intensified by LLQ abdominal palpation

Peritoneal irritation
Appendicitis

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What is a positive Kerr sign and what is its associated disease?

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Abdominal pain radiating to the left shoulder

Spleen rupture
Renal calculi
Ectopic Pregnancy

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What is a positive Romberg Howship sign and what is its associated disease?

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Pain down the medial aspect of the thigh to the knees

Strangulated obturator hernia

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What is a positive Dance sign and what is its associated disease?

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Absence of bowel sounds in RLQ

Intussusception

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What is a positive Markle sign and what is its associated disease?

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Aka heel jar
Patient stands with straightened knees, the raises up on toes, relaxes, and allows heels to hit floor, thus jarring body. Action will cause abdominal pain

Peritoneal irritation
Appendicitis

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What is a positive McBurney sign and what is its associated disease?

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Rebound tenderness and sharp pain when McBurney’s point is palpated

Appendicitis

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What is a positive Grey Turner sign and what is its associated disease?

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Ecchymosis of flanks

Hemoperitoneum
Pancreatitis

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What tests are just for appendicitis and how many are there

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4
Aaron
Iliopsoas
McBurney 
Obturator internus
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What is a positive Cullen sign and what is its associated disease?

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Ecchymosis around umbilicus

Hemoperitoneum
Pancreatitis
Ectopic Pregnancy

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What is a positive Obturator internus sign and what is its associated disease?

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Fixed hip and knee with the internal rotation of the hip joint

Appendicitis

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14
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What tests are for both peritoneal irritation and appendicitis?

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3
Blumberg
Markle
Rovsing

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What is a positive Murphy sign and what is its associated disease?

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Abrupt cessation of inspiration on palpation of gallbladder

Cholecystitis

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What is a positive Ballottment sign and what is its associated disease?

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Single Hand or biannual. Press down 90 degrees on organ or mass to assess if it is freely moveable

Freely moveable abdominal mass

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What is a positive Blumberg sign and what is its associated disease?

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Slowly and deeply palpate over the abdomen. Quickly release pressure. Rebound pain is positive.

Peritoneal irritation
Appendicitis

18
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How many test are their for appendicitis and what are they?

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7
Aaron
Blumberg
Illiopsoas
Markle
McBurney
Obturator internus
Rovsing
19
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How many tests are their for peritoneal irritation?

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4
Ballance
Blumberg
Markle
Rovsing
20
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What is a positive Iliopsoas sign and what is its associated disease?

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Patient flexes the thigh against downward resistance

Appendicitis

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