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ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION. Anatomy Regions Common presenting symptoms Examination Inspection Auscultation Percussion Palpation Liver and spleen 5. Specific maneuvers. Regions. Common presenting symptoms of Gastrointestinal disorders. Abdominal pain, acute or chronic
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Anatomy • Regions • Common presenting symptoms • Examination • Inspection • Auscultation • Percussion • Palpation • Liver and spleen 5. Specific maneuvers
Common presenting symptoms of Gastrointestinal disorders • Abdominal pain, acute or chronic • Indigestion, nausea, vomiting including blood, loss of appetite, early satiety • Dysphagia / odynophagia • Diarrhea, constipation • Jaundice For each symptom, try to elicit all of its attributes SOCRATES (site, onset, character, radiation, associated factors, timing, exacerbating/relieving factors, severity)
Example: Typical pain in Acute appendicitis • Site: poorly localized, periumbilical pain followed usually by RLQ pain • Onset: vague • Character: dull periumbilical pain, may be cramping • Radiation: periumbilical RLQ • Associated factors: anorexia, nausea/vomiting, low fever • Timing:Periumbilical (4-6h), RLQ (depends on intervention) • Exacerbating/relieving factors: if subsides temporarily, suspect perforation of the appendix, movement/cough. • Severity:periumbilical (mild but increasing), RUQ (steady/more severe)
Inspection • The skin: scar, striae, dilated vein, rashes and lesions • The umbilicus: contour, inflammation, bulges • The contour of the abdomen: flat, rounded, protuberant, scaphoid • Peristalsis • Pulsations: abdominal aorta in the epigastric region.
Contour of the abdomen SCAPHOID (newborn with diaphragmatic hernia) PROTUBERANT
AUSCULTATION • Before performing percussion and palpation because these maneuvers can alter the bowel sound • Bowel sounds (5-34/min) diarrhea, intestinal obstruction paralytic ileus, peritonitis • Bruits (renal artery stenosis)
PERCUSSION • Percuss lightly in all four quadrant • Distribution of tympany and dullness.
PALPATION • Light palpation: tenderness, muscular resistance, superficial organs and masses. • Deep palpation: delineate abdominal masses • Assessment for peritoneal inflammation: Cough Palpation (guarding, rigidity) rebound tenderness
LIVER • Percussion • Palpation
SPLEEN • Percussion: 2 techniques • Percuss the left lower anterior chest wall • Check splenic percussion sign • Palpation
“Abdomen is protuberant with active bowel sounds. It is soft and non-tender; no masses or hepatosplenomegaly. Liver span is 7 cm in the right midclavicular line; edge is smooth and palpable 1 cm below the right costal margin. Spleen not felt” • “Abdomen is flat. No bowel sounds heard. It is firm and boardlike, with increased tenderness, guarding, and rebound in the right midquadrant. Liver percusses to 7 cm in the midclavicular line; edge not felt. Spleen not felt”
VN English • Ănuốngbìnhthường, đicầubìnhthường • Khôngđaubụng, khôngnôn, khôngbuồnnôn • Bụngkhôngchướng, • Âmruộtbìnhthường, khôngnghetiếngthổiđộngmạch • Bụngmềm, khôngđau, khôngsờthấy u cục • Gan 1cm dướibờsườn, cao 8 cm trênđườngtrungđòn, láchkhônglớn • No anorexia (no change in dietary patterns), no diarrhea or constipation (no abnormalities in stool patterns or characteristics) • No abdominal pain, no nausea or vomiting • No abdominal distension • Bowel sounds present (active bowel sounds), no bruits • Abdomen soft and non-tender, no masses, • Liver span is 8 cm in the right midclavicular line, edge is palpable 1 cm below the RCM • Speen not felt (no spleenomegaly)