Exam 18: Abdomen

Your patient presents with symptoms that lead you to suspect acute appendicitis. Which assessment finding is least likely to be associated with this condition?

In older adults, overflow fecal incontinence is commonly caused by:

To assess for liver enlargement in the obese person, you should:

Flatulence, diarrhea, dysuria, and tenderness with abdominal palpation are findings usually associated with:

Mrs. Little is a 44-year-old patient who presents to the office with abdominal pain and fever. During your examination, you ask the patient to raise her head and shoulders while she lies in a supine position. A midline abdominal ridge rises. You document this observation as a(n):

To document absent bowel sounds correctly, one must listen continuously for:

When using the bimanual technique for palpating the abdomen, you should:

Mrs. James is 7 months' pregnant and states that she has developed a problem with constipation. She eats a well-balanced diet and is usually regular. You should explain that constipation is common during pregnancy because of changes in the colorectal areas, such as:

Mr. Robins is a 45-year-old man who presents to the emergency department with a complaint of constipation. During auscultation, you note borborygmi sounds. This is associated with:

Infants born weighing less than 1500 g are at higher risk for:

An umbilical assessment in the newborn that is of concern is:

Your patient is complaining of acute, intense, sharp epigastric pain that radiates to the back and left scapula, with nausea and vomiting. Based on this history, your prioritized physical examination should be to:

You are completing a general physical examination on Mr. Rock, a 39-year-old man with complaints of constipation. When examining a patient with tense abdominal musculature, a helpful technique is to have the patient:

Your patient returns to the office with multiple complaints regarding her abdomen. Which of the following are objective findings? (Select all that apply.)

A 51-year-old woman calls with complaints of weight loss and constipation. She reports enlarged hemorrhoids and rectal bleeding. You advise her to:

When assessing abdominal pain in a college-age woman, one must include:

When percussing a spleen, Traube's space is a:

Percussion of the abdomen begins with establishing:

Costovertebral angle tenderness should be assessed whenever you suspect that the patient may have:

Your patient is a 48-year-old woman with complaints of severe cramping pain in the abdomen and right flank. Her past medical history includes a history of bladder calculi. You diagnose her with renal calculi at this time. Which of the following symptoms would you expect with her diagnosis? (Select all that apply.)