abdominal examination

abdominal examination,

the physical assessment of a patient's abdomen by visual inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation. Visual inspection of the normally oval shape of the abdominal surface while the patient is supine may reveal abnormal surface features indicating the effects of disease, surgery, or injury. Subsurface tumors, fluid accumulation, or hypertrophy of the liver or spleen may be observed as an abnormal surface feature. Auscultation may reveal vascular sounds that provide information about arterial disorders such as aortic aneurysms and bowel sounds that indicate intestinal function. In the pregnant patient, auscultation can detect fetal heartbeat and blood circulation in the placenta. Percussion helps detect the condition of internal organs. Palpation is used to detect areas of tenderness or rigidity, muscle tone and skin condition, and shapes and sizes of subsurface organs or masses.

Clinical medicine A hands-on evaluation of the abdominal cavity to identify abnormalities, if any, based on any change in size, shape, consistency, or sound on percussion of the organs found therein. See Abdomen.

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cholecystitis
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In order to establish a precise diagnosis the surgeon must take blood and urine tests, and fulfill a complete rectal and abdominal examination.

Appendicitis,Causes and Treatments by harryjackson / Health, general community

For gallbladder disease, the provider needed to document normal abdominal examination results, with the exception of obesity, and a negative review of systems for gastrointestinal problems.

Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Pediatric Obesity in ... by John MC USN Podraza and Timothy A MC USN Roberts / Military Medicine

The abdominal examination was unremarkable and the colostomy was well functioning.

Lower limb necrotizing fasciitis by Ma Wai Kit; Lee, Fung Yee Janet; Wong Kwok Chuen; Yiu, Ying Chang Raymond; Li, Chak Man Jimmy / Applied Radiology

abdominal actinomycosis

abdominal adhesion