week 10 abdominal assessment

Question 1

what is the difference between visceral and parietal pain?

Answer 1

viceral- deep seated, dull pain from hollow viscera or casual organs - poorly localised, falls along the midline

somatic- localised over time- pain sharper in intensity, guarding rigidity, decreased moments

Question 2

how do we test if paitents have peritoneal irritation?

Answer 2

ask patient to cough-

Question 3

what are some sings of peritoneal inflammation?

Answer 3

tachycardia - inconclusive evidence on narcotic pain

anorexia, nausea, vomiting,

Question 4

what are some mimics of acute abdominal pain

Answer 4

DKA
food poisioning
pnemonia
PID
AAA

Question 5

what is the order of an abdominal assessment?

Answer 5

inspection
ascultation
percussion
palpation

Question 6

what could pain in the right upper quadrant be suggestive of?

Answer 6

hepatitis
billiard colic
cholecytiitis
perforated ulcer
renal pain

Question 7

what could pain in the left upper quadrant be suggestive of?

Answer 7

gastritis
gastric ulcer
pacreatitis
renal pain

Question 8

what could pain in the right lower quadrant be suggestive of?

Answer 8

AAA
apendicitis
hernia
kidney stone
ovarian cyct
ovaria/testicular torsion
ruptured ectopic pregnancy

Question 9

what could pain in the left lower quadrant be suggestive of?

Answer 9

AAA
hernia
kidney stone
ovarian cyst 
ovarian/testicular torsion
ruptured ectopic