The nurse should explain that a hernia is a protrusion of the abdominal viscera through an abnormal opening in the muscle wall. 32. A 45-year-old man is in the clinic for a physical examination. During the abdominal assessment, the nurse percusses the abdomen and notices an area of ...
Ultrasound Assessment of the Fetal Abdomen: A State-of-the-Art Pictorial Review This article offers an approach to the fetal abdomen with details of normal and abnormal anatomy and some of the many fetal abdominal abnormalities that ... JR Mernagh,P Mohide,RL Fedoryshin - 《Radiologist》 被...
Hakansson K, Leander P, Ekberg O, Hakansson HO (2001) MR imaging of upper abdomen following cholecystectomy. Normal and abnormal findings. Acta Radiol 42:181–186Hakansson K, Leander P, Ekberg O,et al. MR imaging of upper abdomen following cholecystectomy. Normal and abnormal findings. Acta...
A nurse performing an abdominal examination on a 37-year-old woman would document which findings as abnormal? a. Nonpalpable speen or kidneys b. Bowel sounds every 15 seconds in the lower quadrants c. Buldges observed when coughing d. Silver-white striae and a faint vascular network ...
Chemistry analysis can be helpful in the global assessment of patient health, hyperglycemia, acidosis, and electrolyte disturbances. • Pregnancy tests (beta human chorionic gonadotropin) should be ordered for all premenopausal women. • Stool examination for occult blood is necessary. • Electrocard...
In premenopausal women, pelvic inflammatory disease and pregnancy-related issues must be screened as part of the initial assessment. 6 What is the peritoneum and its pain innervation, and what are peritoneal signs? The peritoneum is derived from the mesoderm. It consists of two double-layered ...
On the other hand, if the patient’s abdomen is flexed too much, the position of the thighs will obstruct the cannula’s in-and-out motion. Furthermore, excessive abdominal flexion compresses the subcutaneous fat, making the tissues difficult to grip and impeding accurate assessment of the uni...
The diagnosis of AMLEC prior to histopathologic assessment is difficult as there are no specific clinical or imaging features. The tumour is discovered incidentally on imaging or for non-specific clinical features including flank pain, haematuria, proteinuria, and hypertension [3, 5, 6]. Interestingl...
Assessment for Peritoneal Inflammation. Abdominal pain and tender- ness, especially when associated with muscular spasm, suggest inflammation of the parietal peritoneum. Localize the pain as accurately as possible. First, even before palpation, ask the patient to cough and determine where the cough ...
The focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) scan has been defined to evaluate the peritoneal spaces for bleeding after trauma (4). This examination has been expanded to include the pleural and pericardial space to detect the presence of effusions. Firm transducer pressure and changes ...