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Cullens sign
Bluish or purple discoloration around umbilicus indicates intra abdominal bleeding
Sends its to pain may deminish with aging T or F
true
Scarring should be an alert for
Possible internal adhesions
Abnormal umbilicus may be caused by…
Pressure from mass, enlarged organs, hernia, fluid or scar tissue.
Right upper quadrant
Liver, pancreas, gallbladder
Psoas
Dilated superficial capillaries without a pattern may be seen in children
False. Older adults
The major causes of abdominal detention are
6 Fs
Fat, feces, fetus, fibroids, flatulence, and fluid.
Distended abdomen may be caused from
Fat, fluid, feces, fibroids, fetus, flatulence
Right lower quadrant
Appendix, right overy and tube (females), cecum, right ureter, right sperm cord, ascending colon
Rovsing sign
Palpating deeply into left lower quadrant in abdomen, pain in left lower quadrant
Pain in RLQ during pressure of LLQ
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm for men between ages of
65-75
Bowel sounds may be more active over the ileocecal valve in the what quadrant?
RLQ
Vigorous, wide, exaggerated pulsations may be seen in a,
Aortic embolism.
Left upper quadrant
spleen, stomach, pancreas, left kidney upper pole
Obturator sign
Support clients right knee and ankle. Flex the hip and knee, and rotate the leg internally and externally
Pain in RLQ indicated irritation of obturator muscle due to appendicitis
If client is older than age 50 or has hypertension assess the width of the
Aorta
Bowel sounds normally occur every
5-15 sec
Absent bowel sounds may be associated with
Peritonitis, or paralytic ileus
Left lower quadrant
Left overy and tube, left ureter, left kidney lower pole, left sperm cord, descending and sigmoid colon
Murphy sign
Pain elicited when pressure is applied under the liver border at the right costal margin and client inhales deeply.
Inflammation of the gallbladder.
Older adult clients are especially at risk for potential complications with diarrhea, such as fluid volume deficit, dehydration, because they have a higher…
Fat to lean muscle ratio
If you cannot find the lower border of the liver keep in mind that the lower border of the liver dullness may be difficult to estimate when obscured by
Intestinal gas
Accentuated tympany or hyperesonance is heard over a
Gaseous distended abdomen
Midline
bladder, uterus and prostate