week 11

Question 1

sx of peritonitis

Answer 1

• distention of abdomen
• increased fever
• hard abdomen
• tachyacrdia]
• decreaed pain

Question 2

alternatives to assessing rebound tenderness

Answer 2

jumping up and down
coughing
markle sign (tippy toes dropping to heels)

Question 3

psoas sign

Answer 3

apendiitis assessment
place kid on L side, hyperextend their leg at the hip

Question 4

obturator sign

Answer 4

internally rotate the R leg, pain in RLQ

Question 5

inguinal hernia transillumination test

Answer 5

negative transillumination (should not be able to be transilluminated, unless the bowel is filled with fluid)