Abdominal Assessment: Auscultation
- Use Diaphragm to listen to 4 quadrants (start with Right lower and work clockwise)
- Listen for gurgles and clicks for 5-15 sec (normoactive, hyperactive, hypoactive)
- if absent bowel sounds, listen to a minute more
Abdominal Assessment: Inspection
Abdominal Assessment Order
1. inspection
2. auscultation
3. palpation
4. percussion
,Abdominal Assessment: Palpation & Percussion
- Apply pressure 1-2 cm
- Feel for Masses, distention, tenderness
- move in circular motionfrom one quadrant to the next
antiembolism stockings (TED hose)
elastic stockings that compress superficial leg veins and promote venous return and circulation
atelectasis*
Respiratory condition caused by prolonged immobility resulting in collapsed lung; incomplete expansion
of alveoli
, Auscultation: Stethoscope Bell
high pitch sounds (murmurs)
Auscultation: Stethoscope Diaphragm
Low pitch sounds
Basal metabolic Rate
amount of energy requited to fuel the involuntary activities of the body at rest
blue tint appearent on inspection
cyanosis