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health assessment 3b
abdomen
Question | Answer |
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obesity | I: uniformly rounded, umblicus sunken A:normal bowel sounds P:tympany, scattered dullness P:normal, hard to feel |
air or gas | I: single round curce A: depends on cause, hyperactive w/early intestinal obstructions P:tympany over large area P:may have muscle spasm of ab wall |
ascites | I:single curve, everted umbilicus, bulging flanks wen supine;taut glistening skin, recent weight gain A:normal bowel sound, diminisde over ascitic fluid P:tympany @ top where intest float, dull over fluid, wave + shifting dullness P: taut skin, i intra |
ovarian cysts (large) | I: curve in lower half of ab, midline; everted umbilicus A:normal bowerl over up ab P:top dull over fluid, intest pushed super; large cyst produce wave + shift dullness P:aortic pulsation |
pregancy | I:single curve, umbilicus protudes, breast engorged A: fetal heart tones, bowel diminished P:tympany over intest, dull over uterus P:fetal parts + movements |
tumor | I: localized distention A:normal bowel sound P:dull over mass P: define borders, distinguis from enlarged organ or normal palpable skin structure |
feces | I: localized distention A: normal bowel sound P: tympany, scatterd dullness over fecal mass P: plastic or ropelike mass w/feces in intest |
Liver pain | shoulder - hepatitis may have mild to moderate, dull pain RUQ or epigastrium, |
esophagus pain | GERD is complex symptom of inflammation, include bruning pain in midepigastrium or bhind low sternum that radiates upward, "heartburn" -occur 30-60 min after eating, aggravated by lying down or bending over |
gallbladder pain | sudden pain in RUQ radiate to R/L scapula, which builds over time (2-4hrs) after ingestion of fatty foods, alcohol, or cafeeine -assocaited w/nausea, vomiting, + murphy, or sudden stop in inspriration w/RUQ palpate |
pancreas pain | boring midepigastric pain radiating to bac + sometimes to L scapula or flank, sever nusea, + vomiting |
doudenum pain | dull, aching, gnawing pain, does not radiate, mayb be relieved by food, + may awaken person in sleep |
stomach pain | dull, aching, gnawing epigastic pain; radiates to bac or substeranl are |
appendix pain | starts as dull, diffuse pain in periumbilical region that shifts to sever, sharp, persistent pain + tenderness localized in RLQ |
kidney pain | sudden onset of sever, colicky flank or lower ab pain |
small intestine pain | generalized ab pain, with nausea, diarrhea |
colon pain | large bowel obstruction moderate, colicky pain of gradual onset in low ab, bloating -IBS has sharp or burning, cramping pain over wiede are, does not radiat, brough t on by meals, releived by bowel movement |
umbilical hernia | soft, skin-covered mass, which is protursion of the omentum or intestine through a weakness or incomplete closure in umbilical ring |
epigastric hernia | small, fatty nodule at epigastrium midline; can feel it, palable wen standing |
incisional hernia | bulge nera olde operative scar show wen supine but apparent wen person increases intraab pressure by a sit up, stand |
diastasis recti | midline longitudal ridge, seperation ab recuts muscles -ridge revealed wn intraab pressure increased by raising head while supine |
succussion splash | very loud splach aus over U Ab wen infant is rocked side to side -indicates I air + fluid in stomach |
hypoactive bowel sounds | diminished or absent bowel sounds signal decresase motility as result of itis -occur with pneumonia |
hyperactive bowel sounds | loud, gurgling sounds, borborygmi, signal increased motility -ovvur with early mechanical bowel obstruction, gastroeneteritis, brisk diarrhea, lazative use |
peritoneal fricition rub | rough, grating sound, indicates peritoneal itis; occur rarely -liver:friciton rub over LR rib cage from abscess/tumor -spleen:friciton rub over LL rib cage form abscess, infection, or tumor |
vascular sounds | arterial-bruit: indicates turbulent blood flow, w/bell; occur with aortic aneurysm, renarl arter stenosis, partial occlussion of femoral artery -venous hum: rare, preumbilical region, from inferior vena cava, medium ptich; occur w/portal HTN + cirrhotic |
enlarged iver | enlarged, smooth, nontender with fatty infiltration, portal obstruction or cirrhosis -feels enlarged + smooth but is tender to palpation with early HF, acute hepatitis, or hepatic abscess |
enlarged nodular liver | enlarged + nodular occur w/late portal cirrhois, metastic cancer, tertiary syphilis |
enlarged gallbladder | tender suggest acute felt behind liver border as smooth + firm mass like sausage -nontender feels smooth susagelike mass; occur wne filled with stones |
enlarged spleen | retains in splenic notch on medial edge acute infection it is moderately enlarge + soft with rounded eges chronic cause:firm or hard with sharp edgges -not tender to palpation, only if peritoneum inflammed |
enlarged kidney | enlarged w/hydronephrosis, cyst, or neoplasm; similar shape to enlarged spleen -percussion tympany bc overriding bowel |
aortic aneurysm | below renal artery + extend in umbilivus -palable+ feel like pulsating mass in U ab; bruit, femoral pulse present but decreased |