(NR 509)Advanced Physical Assessement: Final Exam Comprehensive Question and Answers, Latest 2024
Appendicitis McBurney Point , Rovsing sign Press deeply and evenly in the LLQ. Then quickly withdraw your fingers. Pain in the RLQ during left-sided pressure is a positive Rovsing sign.Acute Cholecystits Murphy Sign Hook your left thumb or the fingers of your right hand under the costal margin at the point where the lateral border of the rectus muscle intersects with the costal margin. Alternatively, palpate the RUQ with the fingers of your right hand near the costal margin. If the liver is enlarged, hook your thumb or fingers under the liver edge at a comparable point. Ask the patient to take a deep breath, which forces the liver and gallbladder down toward the examining fingers. Watch the patient's breathing and note the degree of tenderness. --A sharp increase in tenderness with inspiratory effort is a positive Murphy sign. When positive, Murphy sign triples the likelihood of acute cholecystitis.Acute Pancreatitis Quality Usually steadyAcute Pancreatitis Aggrevating Factors Lying supine; dyspnea if pleural effusions from capillary leak syn-drome; selected medications, high triglycerides may exacerbate....
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